Here is an opportunity for your students to practice and learn to solve the kind of multi-step mathematical problems becoming more and more prevalent on standardized tests.
Many solutions require information from an accompanying chart, graph, drawing, or data set.
In the course of finding solutions, children can learn to understand what the problem is asking them to do, what to do with the information provided, how to recognize the subproblems that make up the main problem, how to select from a repertoire of strategies, and how to verify that the final solution is reasonable. Problems progress in difficulty and include graphing, time, money, fractions, geometry, and computation. Plenty of fun illustrations highlight the presentation. Detailed instructions and answer key included.