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, and division). This is as from the results of the analysis it is known that the highest percentage of students' difficulties in performing arithmetic operations reaches 71%.