Analisis Kesulitan dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Materi Operasi Bilangan Cacah Siswa Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

: This study aims to determine the difficulties of students in working on problems on whole number operations. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative. The subjects studied were grade 3 students of SDIT AL-HUSNA Serang City as many as 7 students based on the results of daily tests which were below the KKM. Data collection techniques used are tests and interviews. The test instrument given was 5 essay questions in the form of story questions. The results showed that the causes of the difficulties experienced by students in solving whole number operations were: 1) difficulties in using mathematical arithmetic operations; 2) difficulty in understanding the intended question and difficulty in translating it into mathematical sentences; 3) difficulty in solving problems related to whole number arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication