Name POW Due Date Date submitted

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Please attach all scratch work to your final copy. All work should be on another sheet

of paper. Always write in COMPLETE sentences!

“Algebra” may not be used as a strategy. ALL submitted work must be in your

writing or typed on a computer. You must be able to explain all work on your POW.

Remember, the main idea behind theseproblems is to be able to explain the

process involved in problem solving, not only to get a “correct answer.”

PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES

Make an organized list Make a picture or diagram Use or look for a pattern

Use or make a table Brainstorm Guess and check

Work backwards Make it simpler Act out or use objects

1. STATEMENT: In your OWN WORDS restate the problem providing enough details to solve the problem.

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2. PROCEDURE:a. Solve the problem, then EXPLAIN step by step how you found the solution. Provide DETAILS!!!

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b. Show ALL your work, steps, drawings or tables. Label and organize all work on your final copy. 0 1 2 3 4 5

c. Name the main strategy that you used to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2

d. Name one strategy that would not work to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2

3. CONCLUSION: a. What is your answer? 0 1 2 3

b. Could there be other CORRECT answers to this same problem? 0 1

c. What 6th grade (or higher) math related concept did this POW teach you or reinforce that can be used for future problems? 0 1

On July 5th in the area around Southlake, TX, there was great excitement. Six different people reported to the police that they had seen Bigfoot, the large hairy creature sometimes seen but never captured. The next day, twice as many people called the police, sure they had seen the creature. Each day the police received twice as many calls as the day before. After they got a total of more than 300 calls, the police took the phone off the hook! On what day did the police receive their 300th call?

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