Grade 6 problem solving and estimation: multi-step, guess-and-check — 7 worksheets

In the pack

• Estimate to solve word problems.
• Multi-step word problems, and identifying reasonable answers.
• Word problems with extra or missing information.
• Guess-and-check problems.
• Distance and direction back to the starting point; logical reasoning to find the order.
• Answer key: every worksheet corrected.

Learning goals (Common Core Mathematical Practices MP1 · MP3 · KS3 Working mathematically)

• Make sense of a problem and choose a strategy.
• Estimate and judge whether an answer is reasonable.
• Sort useful, extra and missing information.
• Reason logically and explain the steps.

In class or at home: one problem type per session, solved in pairs then discussed.