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SOLVING
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Compiled by members of the TEAM project
"Teaching Excellence and Mathematics"
Problem
Solving Strategies
1. Act out the problem
2. Use models and
manipulatives
3. Make a picture or a
diagram
4. Make a table or chart
5. Make an organized list
6. Work backwards
7. Use logical reasoning;
deduction
8. Guess and check
9. Use or look for a
pattern
10. Solve a simpler
problem
11. Write an equation
12. Brainstorm ideas
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$0.75
$1.60
$0.80
$0.90
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+3
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In the product:
1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6,
which one of the six numbers
should be increased by 1 to
cause the greatest increase in
the product? Predict and then
check your prediction on a
calculator.
Check other
possibilities until you are certain
you know the correct answer.
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CANDIES
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January 1 is on a Tuesday.
Su-Lins birthday is in January.
1.
2.
3.
4.
It is not on a weekend.
The date has two digits.
You say the date when
you count by twos.
The sum of the two digits
is 7.
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S C D U O
Which letter does not belong?
Explain why.
Can you classify these letters in
another way so that one letter
does not belong?
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Amount of
Fine
1
2
3
4
1
2
4
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