Problem Solving 101 How to communicate your answers

Problem Solving 101 How to communicate your answers when problem solving in math

Communicating a math answer involves the following: • Writing • Drawing • Modelling

3 Part Problem Solving Strategy 1. Beginning - Restate the question in your own words, including all of the information you are given and what you are trying to find 2. Middle - show all of your calculations and use words to describe what you are finding 3. End - conclusion (Therefore. . . )

How many text messages do you think all of the students in your class sent over the course of an entire year? Remember the 3 parts … 1. Beginning - Restate the question in your own words, including all of the information you are given and what you are trying to find 2. Middle - show all of your calculations and use words to describe what you are finding 3. End - conclusion (Therefore. . . )

How many cookies would we need to stack on top of one another in order to reach the surface of the Moon (384, 400 km)? Remember the 3 parts … 1. Beginning - Restate the question in your own words, including all of the information you are given and what you are trying to find 2. Middle - show all of your calculations and use words to describe what you are finding 3. End - conclusion (Therefore. . . )

How many Skittles can you fit on the surface of your desk, without stacking them on top of one another? Remember the 3 parts … 1. Beginning - Restate the question in your own words, including all of the information you are given and what you are trying to find 2. Middle - show all of your calculations and use words to describe what you are finding 3. End - conclusion (Therefore. . . )

How many text messages do you think all of the students in your class sent over the course of an entire year? How many cookies would we need to stack on top of one another in order to reach the surface of the Moon (384, 400 km)? How many Skittles can you fit on the surface of your desk, without stacking them on top of one another?