Classroom template

Maths problem solving steps template

Work a word problem through four steps: understand it, choose a plan, carry it out and check the answer makes sense.

Free · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT

Preview of the Maths problem solving steps template: its layout as it lands on the board
The template as it lands on your board, drawn from the template itself. Every part is editable.

How to use the Maths problem solving steps template

  1. Start a board from it

    Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Maths problem solving steps template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Maths problem solving steps”.

  2. Follow the instruction on the board

    “Model one problem aloud, then let pairs work the next. Don’t skip the last step: ask “does this answer make sense?” every time.”

  3. Fill in each part

    • What the student writes at each step
    • Read the problem
    • Understand it
    • Make a plan
    • Carry it out
    • Check it makes sense
  4. Bring your team and your agents

    Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Use this template

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

  1. You ask: “Fill in the Maths problem solving steps board from these notes.”

    What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.

  2. You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”

    What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Set it up for Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.

Bring your team and your agents to one board

Free to use, open source, and yours to host. No credit card, no seat count.