Addition & Subtraction Workshop - Great Missenden

Real Life Problem SolvingA key skill for children to develop is the ability to apply their calculationstrategies to real life problem solving situations.When solving problems children have to:• Read and understand the question• Identify the important information• Identify which operation they need to use to solve the problem• Identify how many calculations are required. Is it a one step problem or amulti-step problem ?• Estimate• Carry out the calculation, showing all working and methods used• Relate their answer to the original problem• Does it answer the problem ?• Is my answer feasible ?• Do I need to write cm, ml, £, p, etc….• Do I need to round my answer up or down to make sense ?