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Using CUBES Math Strategies in the Classroom with 5 Adorable Posters

The education world is constantly adding new acronyms! One that deserves some recognition is the CUBES math strategies. These strategies are perfect for kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students. The concept will have your students solving math problems with confidence and flair. If you aren’t sure what these strategies are, I’ll show you and provide you with some exciting posters to use as well.

What is CUBES?

CUBES is not just another ordinary math strategy; it’s an acronym that stands for Circle the numbers, Underline the question, Box the keywords, Evaluate, and Solve! By using these CUBES math strategies, students will be able to solve any math problem placed in front of them.

Why is CUBES important?

Now, you might be thinking, “Why should I bring CUBES into my classroom?” Well, CUBES is more than just a fun acronym—it’s an essential tool that helps build problem-solving skills, encourages critical thinking, and boosts overall math proficiency in our young learners. Here are some of the reasons it is so important.

• Guiding Their Focus: CUBES guides students in breaking down math problems step by step. By circling the numbers and underlining the question, they learn to identify the key parts of the problem, helping them stay focused on what needs to be solved.
• Keyword Power: Boxing the keywords gives students clarity! By identifying and highlighting the important terms or actions in a problem, students gain a better understanding of what the problem is truly asking.
• Finding the Right Strategy: With CUBES, students learn to evaluate the problem and decide on the most suitable strategy. Whether it’s counting, drawing pictures, using manipulatives, or using number bonds, they’ll have tons of strategies to choose from!
• Simple Solutions: Finally, CUBES empowers students to solve the problem step by step, leading them to that “aha!” moment when the math magic happens! From addition and subtraction to multiplication and division, CUBES encourages a systematic approach that boosts accuracy and confidence.

CUBES Math Strategies Posters

I have created some exciting CUBES Math Posters you can use with your students to remind them about these strategies. Choose from a Calm Pastel Set with soft colors and inviting visuals or a Hey Lisa! set with vibrant colors and patterns that catch the eye.

Both sets come with the five CUBES hearts posters and editable posters to add your text. Use the strategy posters included or edit them to meet your needs. Then, print student versions so they can keep the CUBES math strategies in their binders or desks for reference. With these visual aids, they’ll be mastering their math problems in no time.

CUBES is the key to unlocking the excitement of math in your classrooms! Introducing this playful and engaging strategy’ll empower your students to conquer all math problems. So, go ahead and bring the joy of CUBES into your math lessons—watch your students’ eyes light up with mathematical brilliance and witness the wonders of their math skills unfolding before your very eyes! Let’s make math an adventure they’ll never forget!

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This math problem-solving strategy will help your students solve multi-step word problems. A quick and easy acronym that will help students understand the steps in problem solving!

C- Circle the numbers

U- Underline the question

B- Box the keywords

E- Eliminate information not needed

S- Solve by showing your work

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Exploring the Power of the CUBES Math Strategy for Word Problems

Math problem-solving is one of the most challenging things we teach. The CUBES strategy is all about helping students tackle those tricky word problems with ease. Whether you’re dealing with pesky volume or area questions, or trying to figure out how many more apples Sally has than Timmy, the CUBES math strategy can be a great way to help those learners who struggle with word problems develop a systematic method to approach these problems. By breaking down the problem into smaller, more manageable chunks, you can quickly solve even the most complicated math problems.

So if you’ve ever found yourself scratching your head in frustration over your struggling learners’ battle with story problems, fear not! The CUBES math strategy is here to make your life a whole lot easier. Stick around to learn more about how this awesome strategy can help you help your struggling students become math problem-solving pros!

What is the CUBES Math Strategy?

The CUBES math strategy is a tool designed to help give students a systematic approach to breaking down and solving math word problems. The acronym C.U.B.E.S stands for:

• C ircle key numbers & units
• U nderline the question
• B ox math action words
• E valuate the problem
• S olve the problem & check your work

By breaking down the problem into these steps, students can better understand the context of the problem and effectively solve it.

Benefits of using the CUBES strategy in math word problems

While CUBES is not the ideal method for all math problem solving, especially as word problems become more complex, you can use the strategy as a starting point to guide struggling students in being more attentive and systematic when tackling word problems.

Many struggling learners struggle with executive functioning and need a clear-cut plan for tackling this next-level math skill, and incorporating a strategy like CUBES into your teaching can give them steps to approach word problems rather than leaving them overwhelmed and unsure where to begin. This can help students build confidence in their ability to successfully solve math story problems and prepare them to solve multi-step problems, ultimately enhancing their problem-solving skills.

Step-by-Step Guide to Using the CUBES Strategy

Implementing the CUBES strategy means teaching students the key steps and working through a gradual release process until they can effectively do this themselves. This systematic approach helps students understand the problem and empowers them to tackle word problems with confidence. Here’s a little more about each step your students will need to achieve:

C- Circle the numbers & units

C stands for “circle the key information.” This includes the numbers, units, and core information needed to solve the problem. This includes identifying math vocabulary that represents a number, such as “several,” “half,” or “a dozen.” Some questions may not involve numbers at all, in which case you would circle each instance of the word “none.” It is also important to identify units (such as feet, miles, or kilograms) and whether there is a decimal point.

While we don’t want students solely relying on keywords when faced with a word problem, it can be helpful for them to recognize which words are references to mathematical symbols. For example, “+” means addition, and “-” means subtraction.

U- Underline the question

After students read the problem and circle numbers/units, they must underline the question. While this may seem silly, if students aren’t attending to what is being asked, they won’t get the right answer. Helping students stay on target is a key component of the CUBES strategy for solving math problems.

Once your student has underlined the question and knows exactly what he or she needs to solve, it’s time to move on to step B: boxes and bullets.

B- Box math action words

Notice this doesn’t say keywords…Again, we don’t want students focused solely on using keywords for math problem solving. Research has shown time and time again this is an ineffective strategy once problems become more complex.

That said, students need to look at word problems through the lens of critical readers. What in the problem gives them a clue as to what they need to do to solve it?

Just like the author of a story gives us details to help us infer and get to the story’s resolution, the author of a word problem helps us find the path to the solution. We need to be critical readers to get there. This is where boxing key information can be helpful. Here are some common examples that are often viewed as keywords but are critical for students to attend to to solve problems accurately:

• Addition: add, added, both, sum, total
• Subtraction: difference between, less than
• Multiplication: times twice as many/much as of every
• Division: split equally among/between each share out of

E- Evaluate or Equation

At this stage, it’s time to implement your strategy to solve. For some students, this will be writing and solving the equation. Others may need to evaluate by drawing a picture or using manipulatives to model the problem.

Either way, by this stage your learners should have broken down the problem to the point that they feel confident implementing a method that will lead them to the final step – solving.

S- Solve & Check

Once the strategy has been chosen, guide your students through the process of solving the problem. This may involve writing out the equation, solving for the unknown variable, and checking their work to ensure they have found the correct solution.

Encourage your students to show their work and explain their reasoning as they solve the problem. This will not only help them understand the process better but also allow you to provide feedback and support if needed.

It’s important to emphasize the importance of checking their work to ensure they have found the correct solution. This may involve plugging the solution back into the original problem to verify it or checking their work for errors in calculations.

Once your students have successfully solved the problem, congratulate them on their hard work and encourage them to reflect on the process. Ask them questions such as what strategies worked well for them, what challenges they encountered, and how they can apply what they have learned to similar problems in the future.

By guiding your students through the process of problem-solving and encouraging them to reflect on their work, you are helping them develop essential critical thinking skills that will serve them well in all areas of their education and beyond. 

Tips for Implementing the CUBES Math Word Problem Strategy

Whenever you’re preparing to implement a strategy with your struggling learners, it can be helpful to get some tips from teachers who have been there. In asking for advice from colleagues, here’s what they had to say.

To teach the cubes strategy, you should:

• Teach the strategy as a whole. Because this is such a visual strategy, it’s useful to provide multiple examples of how to solve problems with CUBES on a poster or anchor chart. You can use the chart below as an example of what to include.
• Use a standard problem as an example. Before having students practice on their own, have them watch and listen as you model how to use the CUBES strategy on the board using a Problem of the Day or by writing in student journals. Visual learners will appreciate watching you write out each step and manipulate your complex number sentence cube.
• Use anchor charts you make together in class. Then transfer that knowledge into modeling one or two more examples with students using cubes they create out of construction paper, or if necessary, manipulatives like buttons or dry beans.
• Don’t fall into the trap that the standard algorithm is the only way to solve once the strategy has been used. Let students draw pictures, use manipulatives, make number lines, or whatever other strategies you’ve taught. The CUBES math strategy is to help them break up the problem. It isn’t the guiding principle of the math calculations.
• Students can use CUBES to filter out irrelevant details and focus on the essential details needed to solve the problem. By guiding students to evaluate the problem systematically, you can help students make informed decisions and tackle complex math challenges. It is great for learners who might get bogged down in all the details.

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If your class struggles with solving math word problems, you’ve come to the right place.

Using the CUBES or CUBED problem-solving strategy for math story problems will help your students focus on the steps they need to solve word problems.

We love math story problems!

Everyone does love word problems – right?

I get it. they can be difficult for students, and some teachers aren’t sure how to help. That’s tough.

I like to use the CUBES/CUBED method.

I introduce the CUBES/CUBED math strategy early in the school year. With younger students, it’s important to use controlled math story problems as they learn the procedure. By controlled math word problems, I mean basic problems that will probably result in success for students. It’s important that students experience success to build their confidence and motivation to learn.

As we move deeper into the school year, we encounter more challenging, multi-step word problems. Depending on your math series, you may encounter the “Throw it all at you” style of word problems. These word problems jam tons of overwhelming information into one problem. You know, the problems with lots of steps and lots of words.

The “Throw it all at you” problems bring students and assignments to a screeching halt. Often, my students became totally bogged down by the multi-step problems requiring organized thinking that they hadn’t yet developed.

CUBES Math story problem strategy

Students need a strategy and organized method of approaching these math story problems to avoid the overwhelming feeling of fear and dread. Without a plan, students just pull the numbers out of the word problem and add them together. We’ve all been there, right? When students didn’t know whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide, they randomly picked one.

Below is a bulletin board using posters from the  CUBES Strategy Posters  for solving math story problems . Bulletin boards and teacher-created anchor charts make great reference tools for students.

Teachers can choose their favorite method.

The more traditional CUBES method uses these steps:

1. C ircle the numbers 2. U nderline the question 3. B ox the keywords 4. E liminate what you don’t need 5. S olve and Label  ( I added “label” because we all require it – don’t we? )

Or you can choose the newer CUBED method, which stands for:

1. C ircle the numbers 2. U nderline the question 3. B ox the keywords 4. E liminate what you don’t need 5. D raw a picture (which is often seen in the Common Core State Standards)

CUBES – or CUBED – Poster Resources

Whichever method you prefer, you’re covered because there are poster sets for both versions.

All of the posters in the picture above are included. In addition, you receive mini-posters so each student can have their own copy. The mini-posters can be laminated, handed out to students, and attached to their math folders or binders to use as a reference tool at home.

A basic, smaller-sized poster set is also included for smaller class displays.

These posters feature a clean, updated/modern look:

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This set of posters is the perfect way to reinforce problem solving strategies among your learners. Students can easily reference these CUBES posters or handouts to help them during math time! Just print, pass out or hang! Use year after year. Perfect for math notebooks!

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– CUBES title poster

– CUBES title poster (black & white)

– 5 sheets spelling out the word “CUBES”

– Circle the numbers poster

– Underline the question poster

– Box the keywords poster

– Eliminate and evaluate poster

– Solve and check poster

– CUBES handout for student math notebooks

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CUBES: Who is Doing the Thinking?

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A search on the internet for “CUBES math strategy” yields about 36 million results. Seeing a bright, cheery, and colorful CUBES poster on display in mathematics classrooms is a typical occurrence. Elementary and middle school mathematics teachers who are familiar with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) or their state’s version of CCSSM might know that the phrase “solve word problems” shows up 20 times in the grades kindergarten through grade seven standards, signaling its importance (National Governors Association, 2010).

In elementary mathematics education, problem-solving strategies like CUBES (Circle, Underline, Box, Evaluate, Solve) and keyword approaches have been staples in the toolkit of teachers aiming to guide young learners through puzzling mathematical tasks also known as story problems. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report , “the average fourth-grade mathematics score decreased by 5 points and was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005. The average eighth-grade mathematics score decreased by 8 points compared to 2019 and was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2003. In 2022, fourth- and eighth-grade mathematics scores declined for most states/jurisdictions as well as for most participating urban districts compared to 2019” (NAEP, 2022).

This alarming trend again underscores the need for comprehensive reforms in mathematics education across the United States, emphasizing teaching methodologies grounded in research, increased support for educators, and targeted instruction to address learning gaps and promote mathematical proficiency among all students.

Structured and procedural methods, like CUBES, that are often offered as support to students as they solve word problems need to be eradicated. The ability to think critically and independently is essential for all students. In this blog post, we’ll explore why reliance solely on CUBES and keyword strategies may hinder the development of cognitive skills and why it is imperative for teachers to prioritize teaching students how to think instead.

The Pitfalls of Structured Strategies

Structured problem-solving strategies may offer a sense of security and direction for both students and teachers. However, such scaffolds come with inherent limitations that can impede genuine understanding and hinder the cultivation of critical thinking abilities. Recipe-like directives also prevent students from engaging in tasks that are of high cognitive demand and collaborative, for example.

1. Rote Memorization Over Conceptual Understanding

Structured strategies often encourage students to follow a predetermined set of steps without truly grasping the underlying concepts. This can lead to a surface-level understanding based on rote memorization rather than conceptual understanding and opportunities for making connections, seeing patterns, and thinking mathematically, in general.

2. Lack of Flexibility and Adaptability

While CUBES and keyword strategies may be effective for certain types of problems, they can be restrictive when faced with more complex or unconventional scenarios. Students may struggle to apply these rigid frameworks outside of the specific contexts they were taught, limiting their ability to adapt their problem-solving skills to novel situations. Powell, Namkung, and Lin (2022) analyzed 747 high-stakes released items across grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Keywords were identified and then matched to the implied or commonly associated operation. The correct solution to routine problems was found less than 50% of the time when following the method implied by the keyword. The rate of success was less than 10% of the time with multistep routine word problems. Elementary and middle school students are asked to solve word problems categorized as directive, routine, or nonroutine. (Powell & Fuchs, 2018).

3. Stifling Creativity and Exploration

By providing a formulaic approach to problem-solving, structured strategies leave little room for creativity, exploration, and divergent thinking. Students may become accustomed to following prescribed procedures rather than engaging in the exploration and experimentation essential for developing innovative problem-solving skills. Keyword strategies such as CUBES remove opportunities for students to think while at the same time fostering the act of pulling numbers from the task and simply operating. The well-known example problem of the shepherd’s age illustrates this. When presented with the problem “There are 120 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd?”, a common response of “125” is given. The correct response is “There is not enough information”. For more on this task, see “Informing the Need for Critical Thinking in Mathematics” by Vardeh (2020).

The Case for Teaching Students to Think

In contrast to the confines of structured strategies, nurturing students’ ability to think critically empowers them to tackle problems with depth, insight, and flexibility. Here is why prioritizing student thinking is paramount.

1. Building a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Learning

By focusing on cultivating critical thinking skills, educators lay the groundwork for students to become lifelong learners who can adapt to the challenges of an ever-changing world. Rather than simply providing answers, teachers equip students with the tools to analyze, evaluate, and solve problems independently.

2. Fostering Resilience and Confidence

When students are encouraged to think critically and grapple with challenging problems, they develop resilience and confidence in their abilities. They learn to persevere in the face of difficulties, knowing that they have the skills and resources to overcome obstacles.

3. Encouraging Deep Conceptual Understanding

Critical thinking goes hand in hand with deep conceptual understanding. By engaging students in meaningful explorations of mathematical concepts, educators foster a profound understanding that transcends memorization and enables students to make connections across various domains of knowledge.

Strategies for Cultivating Critical Thinking

How can teachers shift their focus from structured strategies to nurturing critical thinking in their students? Here are a few practical approaches:

1. Inquiry-Based Learning

Embrace inquiry-based learning approaches that encourage curiosity, exploration, and discovery. Provide students with open-ended questions and real-world problems that invite them to investigate, analyze, and propose solutions.

2. Incorporate Reading Comprehension Strategies

Visualizing, retelling, making connections, and asking questions are established reading comprehension strategies that teachers of all grade levels can use to support students in making sense of the context of any type of word problem. Many students learn these strategies in language arts classes and can easily apply them to mathematics problem-solving as well (Gallagher, Ellis, & Weiland, 2021).

3. Promote Metacognition

Encourage metacognitive reflection by asking students to articulate their problem-solving processes and strategies. Prompt them to consider why certain approaches were successful or unsuccessful and how they might approach similar problems differently in the future. Encourage dialogue among peers and provide opportunities for students to write or draw to represent their thinking.

In moving toward developing critical thinking in mathematics education, teachers should move beyond the constraints of step-by-step problem-solving strategies like CUBES and keyword approaches. By prioritizing the development of critical thinking skills, educators empower students to become resilient, confident, and independent learners who are equipped to tackle the challenges of the 21st century and beyond. If you are seeking valuable insights and strategies to enhance your teaching practices in elementary and middle school mathematics, I highly recommend “Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally” (Van de Walle, Karp, & Bay-Williams, 2022).

Gallagher, M. A., Ellis, L., & Weiland, T. (2021). Making Word Problems Meaningful. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 114(8), 580-590. National Governors Association. (2010). Common core state standards. Washington, DC.

Powell, S. R., & Fuchs, L. S. (2018). Effective word-problem instruction: Using schemas to facilitate mathematical reasoning. Teaching Exceptional Children, 51(1), 31–42.

Powell, S. R., Namkung, J. M., & Lin, X. (2022). An investigation of using keywords to solve word problems. The Elementary School Journal, 122(3), 452-4.

U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022 Mathematics Assessment.

Van de Walle, J. A., Karp, K. S., & Bay-Williams, J. M. (2022). Elementary and middle school mathematics: Teaching developmentally. Pearson. One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Vardeh, M. (2020). Informing the Need for Critical Thinking in Mathematics. Unpublished manuscript. Department of Mathematics, California State University, Turlock, CA.

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