Math

Questions to ask to promote math understanding:

1. Do you understand all the words in the problem? If not, can you look them up?
2. What are you trying to do in this problem?
3. Have you done similar problems?
4. Why did you solve the problem this way?
5. How do you think you can check if your answer is correct?
6. Did you answer the question in the problem?
7. Can you do the problem a different way?
8. Draw me a picture to show what this problem is about.
9. What are you doing?
10. Why are you doing it?
11. How will this help you?

Math sites for kids and their parents.