Earthmerlin Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I after school a 3rd grader.. My daughter came home stumped with a word problem like so: A bike has 1 seat and 2 wheels. A go-cart has 2 seats and 4 wheels. If there are 21 seats and 54 wheels in all, how many bikes and go-carts are there? (It's quite early here, I haven't had my coffee yet & I'm writing this from memory. Needless to say, the numbers may be off but you get the idea.) Of course, being a 'mathy' family and home we chewed this over during dinner (pun intended 😜). However, it got my juices going and I'm now wondering where I can find more problems like this. A book or site (w/ explanations) would be great. They don't have to be just word problems. Visual problems or puzzles are good too. I just need something that's accessible to an 8 year old--something that'll stretch but not break her. Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 We did a lot of those with MEP - especially year 2, when they were beginning to work on multiplication. I want to say they used tables to try to figure them out, but it's been a while. We've done them since with Right Start and in more algebraic form, but MEP is free and you can look through the worksheets/masters and just print what you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 We did a lot of those with MEP - especially year 2, when they were beginning to work on multiplication. I want to say they used tables to try to figure them out, but it's been a while. We've done them since with Right Start and in more algebraic form, but MEP is free and you can look through the worksheets/masters and just print what you want. Free sounds good to me! 😠Sorry but what's MEP stand for again? Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Even better, a direct link. :) http://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/index.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamoose Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) Beast academy Edited March 2, 2018 by mamamoose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamoose Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 MEP looks pretty awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u2006kids Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 http://www.singaporemath.com/Challenging_Word_Prob_for_Primary_Mathematics_1_p/pmcwp1.htm This series is awesome... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 MOEMS has a lot of problems like that. Also I just saw one like this on the AMC 8, but it involved a zoo: birds with 2 legs and 1 head, and mammals with 4 legs and 1 head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 MOEMS has a lot of problems like that. Also I just saw one like this on the AMC 8, but it involved a zoo: birds with 2 legs and 1 head, and mammals with 4 legs and 1 head. Sorry but could you tell me where I can find 'MOEMS'? I'm not familiar with that brand. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) MOEMS is Math Olympiad. It's a competition. There are three volumes of old tests available. You can do them in any order. 🙂 Edited March 4, 2018 by SilverMoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 MOEMS available from Amazon or the moems.org website. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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