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Math Word Problems (Ages 6–8)

Math word problems for kids ages 6–8! Build problem-solving, reasoning, and real-world math skills with fun story-based challenges.

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Meet the Letter S
Meet the Letter S

The letter S makes a sensational showing in our Meet the Letter S fully animated video. Our child narrator first describes how to form both uppercase and lowercase S, and then it's time for the story! Best friends, Sally the snake and Steven the seal, decide to build a spaceship so that they can visit a distant star. They gather supplies to construct a sparkly silver ship. Everything is super until the seats start slipping. Sam the sloth sssssssslooooowwwllly comes to assist, but before he arrives, Sally solves the problem, and off Sally and Steven blast, past the sun, and all the way to a spectacular star where they happily eat sandwiches. This story is a perfect showcase for the stellar, stupendous letter S.

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Meet the Letter R
Meet the Letter R

The letter R comes roaring to life in our Meet the Letter R story. The tale stars Rosie who works at the robot factory. Her job is to put red robots together, but when a racecar rams into her box of red robot legs, Rosie has a real problem. Without red robot legs, how can she do her job? Rosie comes up with a brilliant solution. She makes a multicolored RAINBOW robot and names him Robert. Right away, Rosie realizes that Robert is a very special robot, and children are sure to agree. This celebration of the letter R is a great way to help any child connect to the 18th letter of the alphabet.

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Meet the Letter Q
Meet the Letter Q

After seeing how to make both the uppercase and lowercase Q, we jump into a story about a queen, a quill and a quilt. How can those words ever fit together? Well, if you have a queen named Quincy who loves quilts, it turns out to be easy. Queen Quincy wants to make her own quilt. What does she need to make it? A quill! She goes on a quest to find her friend Quinton, the porcupine. When she finally finds him, she gives him a quarter for one of his quills. Now she can make a quilt for herself AND one for Quintin. There are Q-words galore in this short story, enough to help children build a link between this letter and its very special, but sometimes hard to remember, sound.

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Meet the Letter P
Meet the Letter P

Peter, pirate, parrot, Peggy, Penelope, princess, penguin -- these are just a few of the words in this story that start with the letter P. It all begins when Peter the pirate and his parrot, Peggy visit Princess Penelope in her pink and purple palace. The P words don't stop there! Penelope is so enamored of Peggy that Peter comes up with a plan to get his friend a perfect pet. What pet does he find? A penguin! Pleased Penelope gives Peter and Peggy presents, and they all have a party. The story is positively joyous -- a treat for children -- and adults.

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Meet the Letter O
Meet the Letter O

Here’s a story about the letter O! Oliver Ostrich and Oscar Owl decide to run an opposites obstacle course with Ozzie Octopus as the observer. This story highlights the letter O, but it is also a terrific way to help children learn about opposites since the opposites obstacle course has Oscar going up and Oliver going down, then Oscar goes over, and Oliver goes under, and finally, Oscar goes sssslllllooooowwww, and Oliver goes … you guessed it….fast! Great happiness for all when the course is done. At the very end, we get one more opposite pair: night and day. Night is coming and time for Oliver to sleep but not Oscar. He sleeps during the DAY!