Maths Word Problems Detective is an engaging problem-solving worksheet pack designed to help students develop confidence in reading, understanding and solving mathematical word problems.
Instead of simply asking students to calculate, the Detective theme encourages them to look for clues, identify the important information, choose the correct operation or strategy, solve the problem and explain their reasoning.
The pack provides a progression of word-problem challenges covering:

• Clue Detective - identify important information and decide what the problem is asking.
• Mixed Operation Case Files -addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.
• Fractions & Decimals -apply fraction and decimal skills in real-life situations.
• Money & Percentages - solve problems involving prices, discounts and percentages.
• Time Travel Cases -work with time, duration and elapsed-time situations.
• Measurement Detective -apply measurement skills to practical problems.
• Ratio & Multi-Step Mysteries - solve problems requiring more than one step.
• Logic & Number Detective - use mathematical reasoning to uncover answers.
• Error Analysis Lab -examine incorrect solutions, identify the mistake and correct it.
• Ultimate Maths Detective Challenge - a final mixed problem-solving challenge.
• Create Your Own Case File -students become the detective and create their own maths problem.
• Answer Key - included for easy checking.