Singapore Math

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Singapore Math

• 8 Step Model Drawing

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Why?

• A study compared math achievement in over 40
  countries in grades 4, 8 and 12.
• Singapore and a handful of East Asian countries
  performed extremely well, much better than the
  United States.
• They teach children a PROCESS to solve problems
  and how to APPLY that process to new problems.

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• Addition
• Keep the same unit (apples and apples or fruit
  and fruit)
• Finding a bigger number

• Subtraction
• Keep the same unit (apples and apples or fruit
  and fruit)
• Finding a smaller number

Johnny had 6 apples. Susie gave him 10 more
apples. How many apples did he have then?
Johnny had 16 apples. He gave Susie 10 of his
apples. How many apples did he have then?
Johnny put apples into baskets. Each basket had 6
apples. There were 10 baskets. How many apples
did he have altogether?
Johnny had 60 apples. He put 10 apples in each
basket. How many baskets did he use?

• Multiplication
• Different units (apples and baskets or fruit and
  crates)
• Finding a bigger number

• Division
• Different units(apples and baskets or fruit and
  crates)
• Finding a smaller number

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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
Janet picked 3 daisies and 2 sunflowers from her
garden. How many total flowers did Janet pick
from her garden?
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
One bag of lettuce weighed 14 ounces. Another bag
weighed 12 ounces. What was the total weight of
the 2 bags of lettuce?
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
Rico has 45. Tom has 28. How much more money
does Rico have than Tom?
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
Ling put 3 photos on each page of her album. If
there were 6 pages, how many photos did Ling put
in her album?
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
Luis ran 2 miles each day during the month of
September. How many total miles did Luis run in
September?
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Read the entire problem. Write the question as a sentence.
Decide who is involved and add s.
Decide what is involved.
Draw unit bars of equal length. Label them.
Read each sentence. STOP at each punctuation mark.
Put the question mark in its place on the diagram.
Work it out to the side or underneath.
Answer the question as a complete sentence.
There are six vases on the table and 12 flowers
in each vase. How many total flowers are in the
vases?