Problem Solving
How do you use what you have learned to problem solve?
Goal:
Goal:
Practice!
Goal: Apply what you have learned about telling time to solve a word problem.
It is time to problem solve! Logan is excited to go on a sea adventure hunting for treasure. Follow the problem-solving steps to help Logan estimate time it will take for a given activity.
Word Problem Solving Steps
- Read the problem.
- Look for important information.
- Write a math sentence.
- Choose a way to solve.
- Solve and label your answer.
Click through the tabs to work through the word problem!
Read the problem.
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Blank digital clock.
End Time: Blank analog clock.
The first step is to read. Then, read the problem again! It is helpful to read the problem as many times as you need to in order to see all the important information!
Find the important information.
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Blank digital clock.
End Time: Blank analog clock.
Let’s look for the important information. The problem has the information you need. There are times, key words, and a question.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Blank digital clock.
End Time: Blank analog clock.
We know the start and end times. Since we have two different clocks, we can always show both times on an analog clock.
Start Time: Digital clock displaying 5:00.
End Time: Analog clock displaying 5:55.
First. identify the start and end times. Identify the hands on the analog clock. Remember. the longer hand is the minute hand. and the shorter hand is the hour hand. Then. count the minutes.
5:00 and 5:55 are the start and end times. The numbers. The last sentence, the question, is important information.
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Digital clock displaying 5:00.
End Time: Analog clock displaying 5:55.
Determine what time the end time is by circling the hour hand. Then, count by fives and circle the minute hand.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
Analog clock displaying 5:55. 11 jumps of 5 starting from 5:00.
Choose a way to solve.
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Digital clock displaying 5:00.
End Time: Analog clock displaying 5:55.
After you have determined the hour in the end time, you can either multiply by 5 eleven times or skip count by 5 eleven times to figure out how many minutes it took Logan to clean the ship.
Solve and label your answer.
Logan needs to clean the ship. He started at 5:00 and ended at 5:55. How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
Start Time: Digital clock displaying 5:00.
End Time: Analog clock displaying 5:55.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
55
The answer needs to have a label word. The number of minutes and the label word will answer the question in the problem!
Question:
How long did it take Logan to clean the ship?
It took Logan 55 minutes to clean the ship.
It’s your turn to help Logan figure out how much time it took him to count his treasure coins!
Read and Solve
How long did Logan take to count the gold coins?
Start time: Digital clock displaying 6:00.
End time: Analog clock displaying 6:20.
You can count by 5s four times.
You can count by 5s four times.
You can count by 5s four times.
How long did Logan take to count the silver coins?
Start time: Digital clock displaying 7:00.
End time: Analog clock displaying 7:45.
You can count by 5s nine times.
You can count by 5s nine times.
You can count by 5s nine times.
You got # out of # correct. Click the Retry button for another attempt.
You got a perfect score. Great job!