CUBES Math Strategy Posters | Word Problem Solving & Student Reference Page

Description

Teach students how to solve word problems using the C.U.B.E.S. Math strategy. Includes classroom posters and a student reference page. Print in color or B&W.

Help students confidently solve word problems using the C.U.B.E.S. strategy. This no-prep resource provides clear visual reminders for each step, making it perfect for whole-group instruction, small groups, and independent work.

What’s Included:

C.U.B.E.S. strategy posters for classroom display
Cube visuals (color and gray options)
Explanation posters for each step of the strategy
Student reference page for notebooks, folders, or desk reminders

C.U.B.E.S. Strategy Steps:

C – Circle the numbers
U – Underline the question
B – Box the keywords
E – Eliminate extra information
S – Solve and check

Printing & Use:

Print posters in color or black & white
Use cube visuals as wall displays or cut-out supports
Student reference page can be glued into notebooks or used as a desk helper

Perfect For:

Math word problem instruction
Classroom anchor charts
Math strategy reference
Upper elementary classrooms

This resource focuses on teaching a problem-solving process, helping students slow down, analyze the problem, and choose a strategy with confidence.

Related Resources

Pair this resource with my Word Problem Keywords Posters to help students determine the correct operation before using the CUBES strategy.

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CUBES Math Strategy Posters | Word Problem Solving & Student Reference Page

Name: CUBES Math Strategy Posters | Word Problem Solving & Student Reference Page
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SKU: 15213811
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Highlights

Digital downloads

PDF

Grades

2nd - 5th

Subjects

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Other (Math)

Standards

CCSSMP1

CCSSMP2

CCSSMP4

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Math Word Problem Strategies Bundle | CUBES, Keywords Posters & Worksheets | 2-5

Teach students how to solve math word problems with confidence! This complete bundle includes CUBES strategy posters, word problem keyword reference posters, and differentiated word problem worksheets with multiple reading levels—perfect for grades 2–5, intervention, and small groups.Students often

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Description

Teach students how to solve word problems using the C.U.B.E.S. Math strategy. Includes classroom posters and a student reference page. Print in color or B&W.

What’s Included:

C.U.B.E.S. strategy posters for classroom display
Cube visuals (color and gray options)
Explanation posters for each step of the strategy
Student reference page for notebooks, folders, or desk reminders

C.U.B.E.S. Strategy Steps:

C – Circle the numbers
U – Underline the question
B – Box the keywords
E – Eliminate extra information
S – Solve and check

Printing & Use:

Print posters in color or black & white
Use cube visuals as wall displays or cut-out supports
Student reference page can be glued into notebooks or used as a desk helper

Perfect For:

Math word problem instruction
Classroom anchor charts
Math strategy reference
Upper elementary classrooms

This resource focuses on teaching a problem-solving process, helping students slow down, analyze the problem, and choose a strategy with confidence.

Related Resources

Pair this resource with my Word Problem Keywords Posters to help students determine the correct operation before using the CUBES strategy.

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Standards

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CCSSMP1

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures about the form and meaning of the solution and plan a solution pathway rather than simply jumping into a solution attempt. They consider analogous problems, and try special cases and simpler forms of the original problem in order to gain insight into its solution. They monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Older students might, depending on the context of the problem, transform algebraic expressions or change the viewing window on their graphing calculator to get the information they need. Mathematically proficient students can explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs or draw diagrams of important features and relationships, graph data, and search for regularity or trends. Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem. Mathematically proficient students check their answers to problems using a different method, and they continually ask themselves, "Does this make sense?" They can understand the approaches of others to solving complex problems and identify correspondences between different approaches.

CCSSMP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations. They bring two complementary abilities to bear on problems involving quantitative relationships: the ability to decontextualize-to abstract a given situation and represent it symbolically and manipulate the representing symbols as if they have a life of their own, without necessarily attending to their referents-and the ability to contextualize, to pause as needed during the manipulation process in order to probe into the referents for the symbols involved. Quantitative reasoning entails habits of creating a coherent representation of the problem at hand; considering the units involved; attending to the meaning of quantities, not just how to compute them; and knowing and flexibly using different properties of operations and objects.

CCSSMP4

Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply proportional reasoning to plan a school event or analyze a problem in the community. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.