Primary School Guide To Problem Solving Techniques

Practical, proven techniques to help your KS2 pupils approach problem solving questions in maths.

This resource is designed to give you confidence in supporting your pupils to approach maths problem solving, using a variety of different tools and methods.

Created by former maths teachers, the guide includes 9 problem solving techniques with worked examples, devised to encourage pupils to think more deeply in order to find solutions and question the methods that they use to reach an answer.

Use the range of tasks and questions in this resource to help your pupils practise the techniques and explain their thinking, as well as consider a wide range of responses.

Print off the 9 open ended questions at the end of the school leader guide for use in the classroom!

Problem solving techniques:

• Open-ended problem solving

• Using logical reasoning

• Working backwards

• Drawing a diagram

• Drawing a table

• Creating an organised list

• Looking for a pattern

• Acting it out

• Guessing and checking