NamePOWDue Date Date submitted Total points/Grade / 30 Please attach all scratch work to your final...
Transcript of NamePOWDue Date Date submitted Total points/Grade / 30 Please attach all scratch work to your final...
Name POW Due Date Date submitted
Total points/Grade / 30
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 6
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 4
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 2
See the map of the US on the next page. You are only concerned with the states that have numbers listed in them.
Red, Purple, Blue, GreenUsing these four colors, color every state with a number in it. No state may touch another state of the same color. Your goal is to get the lowest score possible.SCORINGRed states x 1 Purple states x 2Blue states x 3 Green states x 4Add up all your points
Name POW Due Date Date submitted
Total points/Grade / 30
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.
0 1 2 3 4 5
2. PROCEDURE:a. Solve the problem, then EXPLAIN step by step how you found the solution. Provide DETAILS!!!
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
b. Show ALL your work, steps, drawings or tables. Label and organize all work on your final copy. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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 4
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 2
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