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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 54

Topic: Pedagogy of mathematics

Q54

Problem solving method of teaching mathematics involves which of the following steps ?
(a) Posing mathematical problems and instructing steps of solutions.
(b) Design a task based upon the current understanding of the students.
(c) Posing everyday problems and help learners make sense of the mathematics involved.
(d) Allowing the learners to actively take part in the finding solutions of the problems and justify the solutions.
Choose the correct option :

  1. (1) only (a)
  2. (2) only (d)
  3. (3) (c) and (d)
  4. (4) (b), (c) and (d)Correct answer

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) (b), (c) and (d)

  1. In the problem solving method the teacher designs a task that starts from what children already understand (b).
  2. Problems come from everyday life and the teacher helps children see the maths in them (c).
  3. Children work out solutions themselves and justify them (d).
  4. (a) is wrong: telling the steps of the solution turns it into a demonstration.

Trap: (3) leaves out (b), which is the teacher's planning step.