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Kids can often do the arithmetic once they know what to do. The harder part is reading a word problem and deciding whether the story is asking for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. This free mixed operations bundle gives students repeated practice with that decision step. Each worksheet asks students to circle the operation first, then solve the problem. That small scaffold keeps the focus on reasoning instead of turning word problems into a guessing game. Included in this down

Here is the differentiation problem this bundle solves. In one class you have kids still building basic fact recall sitting next to kids ready to push well past grade level, and prepping separate work for both groups eats your prep time. This set hands you the same activity at three grid sizes, so you can give a 10x10 to the kid who needs a smaller field and a 20x20 to the kid who is ready to stretch, with no extra prep on your end. What is inside: 55 fill-in-the-blank multiplication table works