Predict

I  predict in this problem that i will use addition.

Read

The sum of four consecutive whole numbers  is 94. What are the four numbers?

clarify

In this problem i had nothing to clarify.

Big question

What are the four numbers?

mathematical toolbox

Guess, check and improve

solve

In this problem i solved it by guessing four numbers i started with the numbers 22,23,24 and 25 and i added them together and got 94. So thats the answer.

summary:

I got my prediction correct because i pick addition and i used addition.

Predict:

I predict that this will involve addition.

READ:

The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 96. What are the three numbers?

clarify:

I had nothing to clarify.

big question:

What are the three numbers?

mathematical toolbox:

Test all possibilities

solve;

To solve this problem i had to get three consecutive number’s i guess and check until i  eventually got 31 , 32 and 33 which added up to 96.

summary:

I got my prediction correct because i used addition.

Predict:

I predict that this problem is going to use the strategy guess, check and improve.

READ:

Carl looked at the page numbers on the open book in front of him. The left and right page numbers added to 333. What were the page numbers.

clarify:

There were no words that i didn’t understand.

big question:

What were the page numbers?

mathematical toolbox:

Guess, check and improve

solve:

333 was the page number so i subtracted and added 1 on each side to get 332 and 334 as the answers.

summary:

I got my prediction correct because i picked Guess, check and improve.

Predict:

I predict that this problem is going to use the strategy guess,check and improve.

READ:

The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 97. What are the two  numbers?

clarify:

In this problem i had nothing to clarify.

Big question:

What are the two numbers?

Mathematical toolbox:

The strategy i used was guess, check and improve.

Solve:

I guessed 46 and 45 and that didn’t work so i went up a couple of numbers and got 48 and 49 and it worked so that was my answer 48 and 49.

summary:

I got my strategy right because i used guess check and improve.

Question 24 Sheet 6 Term 2

Prediction: I predict this question is going to be a guess, check and improve problem question.

Read: In the addition problem shown below, each letter represents a different digit from 1-9. If R=8, what number does FOUR stand for? TWO + TWO = FOUR

Big Question: it is asking you what FOUR is and if TWO is numbers from 1-9.

Mathematics Toolbox:   I used guess, check and improve.

Solve: if R=8 then FOUR would become FOU8. O+O=8 so O=4. F4U8. I made W=3 so U=6.  T+T=4, I tried 2+2 but there was still F left so I made T=7. So FOUR= 1468. TWO= 734.

Summary: I used guess, check and improve as a strategy and I figured. TWO + TWO = FOUR and FOUR = 1468.

Predict: What sort of maths problem do you think it is?

READ: write the question

clarify: Understand all the words.

big question: The main question

mathematical toolbox: write which one you used

solve; Write the steps to how to solve it.

summary: summarize the hole problem.

Predict: I predict this question will involve division.

Read: Two compasses cost as much as three protractors. How much are six protractors, if one compass is $3?

Clarify: I had no words to clarify.

Big Question: What is the cost of six protractors?

Mathematicians Toolbox: The strategy I used was guess,check and improve

Solve : To solve this problem I wrote the cost of one compass under the picture then figured if one is $3 then two is $6. I then divided three by six which is 2. So each protractor is $2. To get my final answer I multiplied $2 by six which equals $12.

Summary: My prediction was correct because I did use division.

Predict:
I predict this problem will use addition.

Read:
Five ballpoint cost as much as two fountain pens. How much are six fountain pens if one ballpoint pen cost $1?

Clarify:
There were no words I needed to clarify.

Big Question:
How much are six fountain pens if one ballpoint pen cost $1?

Mathematicians Toolbox:
The strategy I used was guess ,check and improve

Solve:
To solve this problem I used the picture provided which shows 5 ballpoint pens and two fountain pens. Under each ballpoint pen I drew ‘$1’ and as there were 5 the all cost $5, I then split $5 by 2 to get $2.50 for each fountain pen. To get my final answer I multiplied $2.50 by 6 as that was the big question. I got the answer $15

Summary:
My prediction was correct because I used addition.

Predict:

I predict that this will involve addition.

Read:

If you could roll the same number every time, what number would you choose so that you could move from s to f in the least number of rolls?

clarify

In this problem there was  nothing to clarify.

big question

what number would you choose so that you could move from s to f in the least number of rolls?

Mathematicians Toolbox:

Guess check and improve

Solve:

I guessed 4 first and landed on a snake so i went down one to 3 and it worked. I then check 2 and1 but they took even longer goes so i picked 3 as my answer.

Summary

I got my prediction right because i used addition in this problem.