Analyzing Word Problems

I. Learning Objectives Cognitive: Psychomotor: Affective: II. Learning Content Skill: Reference: Analyzing problems by telling what is asked in the problem BEC/PELC - I C.3.1.1.1 Power in numbers I TM pages 87-89 Power in numbers I TM pages 128-130 Mathematics I TX pages 89-90 word problems written on the chart, drill board, flashcards, real objects, pocket charts, any materials available in the surrounding Finding pleasure in reading word problems Analyze word problems involving subtraction of whole numbers by telling what is asked in the problem Identify the first step in solving problems Find pleasure in reading word problems

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III. Learning Experiences A. Preparatory Activities 1. Drill/Review - Using flash cards for subtraction facts. - Asking comprehension questions about the problem. a. Nena picked 10 atis. She ate 4 of them. - Who picked the atis? - How many atis did she pick? - How many atis did she eat? b. Mother bought 24 apples. She gave 12 apples to her daughter. - What did mother buy? - How many apples did mother buy? - What did she do with the 12 apples?

2. Motivation What are the common fruits you see around your place? Which of them do you eat? B. Developmental Activities 1. Presentation (Let the pupils read the following problems written on the chart) a. There were 45 bananas in a tray for sale. The grade 1 pupils bought 23 bananas. How many bananas were left in the tray? - What is the fruit mentioned in the problem? - How many bananas were there in the tray? - How many bananas were bought by the grade 1 pupils? - What is asked in the problem? Let a pupil underline what is asked in the problem. Let the pupils read what is asked in the problem. b. Father went home with 38 star apples in a basket. He gave 17 of them to his brother. How many star apples were left? - What fruit did father bring home? - How many star apples are there in the basket? - To whom did father give the star apples? - How many star apples did he give his brother? - What is asked in the problem? Activity A Read the word problem and encircle what is asked? 1) Carlos has 78 balls. His brother borrowed 35 balls. How many balls were left? What is asked in the problem? a) number of balls b) number of balls borrowed c) number of balls left 2) Ms. Cruz has 54 papers. Twenty-one were used for drawing. How many were not used? What is asked in the problem? a) number of papers not used b) number of papers used c) number of papers 3) Myra has 68 bananas. She shared 35 bananas to her friends. How many bananas were left to her? What is asked in the problem? a) number of friends b) number of bananas left c) number of bananas Myra has

4) Raymarc collected butterflies. He has 27 butterflies now. His brother asked for 15 butterflies for his project. How many butterflies were left to him? What is asked in the problem? a) number of butterflies left b) number of butterflies Raymarc collected c) number of brother 5) Kevin has 95 pechay seedlings in his plot. Julian asked for 52 pechay seedlings for his plot. How many pechay seedlings were left to Kevin? What is aske din the problem? a) number of Julian's pechay seedlings b) number of Kevin's pechsy seedlings c) number of pechay seedlings left to Kevin Activity B Give the correct answer. 1) The cake has 18 candles on it. Nine candles were lighted. How many candles were not lighted? Whatis asked in the problem? 2) Mother has P100. She bought drinking glasses for P65. How much is her change? What is asked in the problem? 3) Miss Ella bought 24 roses. She used 12 of them to decorate Mama Mary's altar. How many roses were left? What is asked in the problem? ___________________. 4) Papa has P50 in his pocket. He saw his son Mac Mac and gave him P20 for his snacks. How much was left to him? What is asked in the problem? ___________________. 5) Piolo has 15 badminton balls. Jordan borrowed 8 of them. How many badminton balls were left to Piolo? What is asked in the problem? 2. Generalization What is the first step in analyzing a word problem? C. Application 1. Draw 32 balls. Color the 12 balls red and the rest of the balls blue. - How many red balls are there? _____ - How many blue balls are there? _____ - Which is more? Red balls or blue balls? ____ - Which is less? Red balls or blue balls? ___ 2. From a group of 10 pupils. Six pupils were playing balls, 4 were writing. - How many pupils were playing? ____ - How many pupils were writing? ____ - What is asked in the problem? ___

3. There are 54 Mathematics books int the shelf. Arrange and count the books accordingly. The 32 Power in Numbers I should be placed on the first layer. - How many Mathematics books are there? - How many Power in Numbers are there? - How many are not Power in Numbers? - What is asked in the problem? 4. Ask a pupil to draw 14 balloons on the board. Another pupil to color 9 balloons red, the other pupil colors the rest green. How many balloons were red? What is asked in the problem? 5. Group I pupils will go out and pick 20 brown and green leaves. Group II pupils will separate the brown leaves from the green leaves. Group III will report on the number brown and green leaves. Group IV will write the data on the board. How many leaves were picked? _____ How many were brown? _____ How many were green? _____ Which is more, brown leaves or green leaves? ______ What is asked in the problem? ______ *Valuing: How do you feel when you read word problems? Do you enjoy reading them? Why? IV. Evaluation Answer the following: (Note: The following should be written on the chart.) 1. Mother has 36 chicos. She gave 21 chicos to her friend. How many were left to mother? What is asked in the problem? a. number of chicos b. number of chicos given to her friend c. number of chicos left 2. Susana collected 48 marbles. Her brother got 25 of them. How many marbles were left to her? What is asked? a. number of marbles left b. number of marbles Susana has c. number of marbles his brother has 3. There were 64 glasses to wash. Ana washed 37 of them. How many glasses were not yet washed? What is asked? a. number of glasses washed b. number of glasses c. number of glasses not yet washed 4. Allen's picture album has 50 pages. He used 26 of them. How many pages will still be used? What is asked? ___________

5. Omar caught 27 fishes. He gave 12 of them to his sister Roma. How many were left to Omar? What is asked? ____________ 6. Eva saved P40 in her piggy bank. She got P25 to buy notebooks. How much was left? What is asked? _________ 7. Aling Nena baked 67 cookies. She gave 49 to her children for snacks. How many cookies were left? What is asked? _________ 8. The pupils collected 24 leaves outside the room, 10 leaves were brown. How many leaves were not brown? What is asked? _______ 9. Nelia drew 19 umbrellas. She colored ten umbrellas red and the rest yellow. How many are red umbrellas? What is asked? ________ 10. The girls collected 48 drinking straws which are blue, red and green. They classified the straws according to colors. How many are red? How many are blue? Green? What is asked? ________ V. Assignment Answer the exercises in your notebook. 1. Glenn has 35 newspapers. He was able to sell 15 newspapers. How many newspapers were not sold? What is asked in the problem? 2. Louise Anne had 24 blocks. Diana borrowed 13 of them. How many books were left? What is asked int the problem? 3. There are 76 mango trees in Lola's farm, 45 of them are bearing fruits. How many are not bearing fruits? What is asked int the problem? 4. Jomar gathered 60 eggs from his poultry. He delivered 50 eggs to Aling Nena. How many eggs were left? 5. Mang Doro is 58 years old. Mang Jose is 49 years old. What is the difference of their ages? What is asked int the problem?