Applying What you Know: Problem Solving

Problem solving skills are skills used for life. They're often referred to as the ability to: reason inductively and deductively, apply logic, infer, analyze and think critically just to name a few. Rarely in life beyond the classroom are you presented with a 'divide the polynomial by reducing and simplifying' or 'solve the following quadratic equation'. Instead, the problem presents itself and you'll need to know what to do and how to do it.

For the first to 6th grade problems, here are some PDF worksheets. Or for some basic problems that just require multiplication, try these. Here are the 7th and 8th grade problems.

See more about the strategies to become problem solvers in math.