Math Homework: UPSC

Directions:

Complete each section of UPSC on the day assigned using the math problem below. You may use the questions in each section to help you. Bring this paper back to class every day so that we can check it together. The entire UPSC should be completed by Friday. Use the graph paper and extra space on the back if you need more room.

Problem:

A craft store has boxes of colored beads. There are 2 boxes of ten thousand blue beads, 7 boxes of one hundred green beads, and 5 boxes of one thousand red beads. How many beads does the craft store have?

Monday: Understand

Read the problem at least twice.

Understand the words.

Finish the following sentence

I need to find

What is the important information?

Tuesday: Plan

Reread the problem

What should I do with the numbers I have?

What operation should I use?

How am I going to solve this problem?

Wednesday: Solve