Logan and Izzy had the same number of stickers. After Izzy gave him 72 stickers, Logan had 3 times as many stickers as Izzy. How many stickers did they have altogether?
1. Read the entire problem 2. Rewrite the question as a statement 3. Who or what is the problem about? 4. Draw your model 5. Write and solve your equation/s 6. Check and fill in your answer (Is it reasonable and accurate?)
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I. Three diamond rings cost $1,800. How much does one diamond ring cost? 1. Read the entire problem 2. Rewrite the question as a statement 3. Who or what is the problem about? 4. Draw your model 5. Write and solve your equation/s 6. Check and fill in your answer (Is it reasonable and accurate?) II. The value of the diamond in a diamond ring is 9/10 (nine-tenths) the price of the ring; the metal portion of the ring makes up 1/10 (one tenth) the price of the ring. How much would just the diamond cost? III. 2 diamond rings and 4 silver rings cost $1,440. A diamond ring and a silver ring cost $660. How much does a silver ring cost?
I. Nine pies were cut into fourths. How many wedges of pie were there? Greg Tang 6 Step Framework 1. Read the entire problem 2. Rewrite the question as a statement 3. Who or what is the problem about? 4. Draw your model 5. Write and solve your equation/s 6. Check and fill in your answer (Is it reasonable and accurate?) II. How much pie was left for the moose and porcupine? You may use wedges, whole pies, or fractions as your units. III. If only one of the pies was an apple pie, and the moose only liked apples, how much of an apple pie did Harold leave the moose? The artwork and story is from Harold and the Purple Crayon, the child classic by Crockett Johnson. It is available in the online reading room.
It’s soap . . . shaped like a duck . . . with money inside!Watch the Video!One duck, ten questions: 1. Consumer question: What is the most you would pay for a bar of Money Duck soap? 2. Producer question: What is the least you would charge for a bar of Money Duck soap? 3. As a consumer, from the three sets of charts below, how likely do you want it to be for the package to have 1, 5, 10, 20, or 50 dollars? 4. As a producer, from the three choices above, how likely do you want it to be for the package to have 1, 5, 10, 20, or 50 dollars?
5. As a parent consumer who is buying this for their child to use, what is the parent’s likely motivation? What makes a grown person of experience buy soap, in the shape of a duck, with money in it, for their child? 6. As a grandparent consumer who is buying this for their grandchild to use, what is the grandparent’s likely motivation? What makes a wise person buy soap, in the shape of a duck, with money in it, for their grandchild? 7. As a potential investor (someone who gives money to a company and gets stock and profits back), how likely are you to invest in the company that makes Money Duck? What is your reasoning as an investor? 8. Thinking about your thinking: How are you making decisions about the soap? Are you thinking quantitatively (in terms of number and measurement) or qualitatively (senses and perception)? Are you most comfortable thinking about the soap as someone who . . . . . . bathes regularly? . . . is interested in the entertainment value (fun) of the soap? . . . is interested in the money inside the soap? . . . is interested in the profit from selling the soap? . . . is interested in the company’s stock value? 9. What’s your question about the soap? If you did a Google search about the soap, what information would you be looking for? 10. Extra Credit: As a consumer or producer, use the graphing website http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/ to make the best distribution for yourself and copy it into this file. Ensure you identify whether you’re a consumer or a producer, account for 100% of the product (the sum of the bars or pies should equal 100) and give a reason for the distribution you’ve created. |
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