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June 13, 2019 · 1 Comment

Module 2, Lesson 13: Compare Referent Unknown (Smaller)

Word Problems

Objective

Learn to solve Compare Referent Unknown (Smaller) word problems using a range of numbers.

What You’ll Learn

In this video, we will work through a Compare Referent Unknown problem. Compare Referent Unknown are word problems where the smaller value is unknown. They are also called Compare Smaller Unknown.

You’ll also have an opportunity to solve three more CRU problems and reflect on them.

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Module 2, Lesson 13 (PDF)

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  1. Sarah Cedar says

    March 30, 2021 at 3:16 am

    Using the key words: larger/smaller/difference plus/minus helps understand what is happening in the word problem.

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