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

Jason draws the following diagram to use in classifying numbers. Is Jason’s diagram the best choice for classifying numbers? What suggestions would you give Jason to improve his diagram? Rational Whole Numbers Numbers

Integers

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