Real quantities. Real questions. Real math.
Elementary ($39), Pre-Algebra and Geometry ($39), or the bundle ($69). Problems grounded in ecology, food systems, demographics, and the neighborhoods children actually live in.
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Math Word Problems Bundle
Both packs together: Elementary (66 problems) and Upper Elementary / Pre-Algebra (60 problems). The full math word-problem library, organized by material progression.
Start with the level your students are in.
Lower and upper elementary guides
Math Word Problems: Real Quantities, Real Questions (Elementary)
Sixty-six word problems organized by material progression. Real quantities pulled from ecology, food, demographics, water, climate, and the neighborhoods children actually live in.
$39
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Upper elementary guides
Math Word Problems: Pre-Algebra and Geometry (Upper Elementary)
Sixty problems for ages 9-12. Pre-algebra, geometric reasoning, ratio and percent, statistics, and multi-day investigations. Designed for the moment the child is leaving most concrete materials.
$39
BuyThe context is the curriculum.
Most word problem sets use fictional quantities: 12 apples, 7 trains, 3 friends. The math is real but the context is empty. Children learn to strip the words away and find the operation because the words are not saying anything.
These problems use real data pulled from ecology, food systems, demographics, water access, climate measurements, and neighborhoods. A child working on the elementary set is computing with quantities that come from the actual world. The math and the content are the same work.
Problems are organized by material progression, not by grade, so guides can match the problem set to where the child actually is rather than where a textbook says they should be.
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