Math Homework: UPSC
Directions:
Complete each section of UPSC on the day assigned using the math problem below. You may use the questions in each section to help you. Bring this paper back to class every day so that we can check it together. The entire UPSC should be completed by Friday. Use the graph paper and extra space on the back if you need more room.
Problem:
A craft store has boxes of colored beads. There are 2 boxes of ten thousand blue beads, 7 boxes of one hundred green beads, and 5 boxes of one thousand red beads. How many beads does the craft store have?
Monday: Understand
Read the problem at least twice.
Understand the words.
Finish the following sentence
I need to find
What is the important information?
Tuesday: Plan
Reread the problem
What should I do with the numbers I have?
What operation should I use?
How am I going to solve this problem?
Wednesday: Solve
Reread the problem
Solve the problem by carrying out the plan
Thursday: Check
Reread the problem
Did I do what I planned?
Did I answer the question completely and carefully?
Did I make any silly mistakes?
Did I include labels in my answers?
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
