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Problem Solving – Short Response 1. Fuller Computer Lab. This activity addresses the following Illinois State Goal. 6.B.1 6.B.3a Solve practical computation problems involving whole numbers, integers and rational numbers. Rubric. Bookshelf.
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Problem Solving – Short Response 1 Fuller Computer Lab
This activity addresses the following Illinois State Goal. • 6.B.1 6.B.3a Solve practical computation problems involving whole numbers, integers and rational numbers. Fuller Computer Lab
Rubric Fuller Computer Lab
Bookshelf • Ivan is putting books in his bookcase. He has already put 74 books in the bookcase but he has 225 books. How many more books does he have toput in the bookcase? • What do we know? • 74 books are on the shelf. • There are 225 books. • What do we need to find? • How many more books does he need to put on the shelf? Fuller Computer Lab
How do we do this Problem? • Ivan is putting books in his bookcase. He has already put 74 books in the bookcase but he has 225 books. How many more books does he have toput in the bookcase? • Our clue is “How Many More?” • “How many more means we must “subtract”. Fuller Computer Lab
Share the Smarties • Amber has 36 smarties to share among herself and 3 friends. How many smarties will each of them receive? • What do we know? • There are 36 smarties. • They will be shared by Amber and 3 friends? • What do we need to find? • How many smarties will each person receive? Fuller Computer Lab
? What do we Do? • Amber has 36 smarties to share among herself and 3 friends. How many smarties will each of them receive? • Our clue is “How Many Each?” • “How many Each” usually means “divide”. Fuller Computer Lab
Pop the Balloons. • Paula broke half as many balloons as Perry broke. Altogether they broke 18 balloons. How many balloons did Perry break? • What do we know? • 18 balloons were popped. • Paula broke half as many as Perry. • What do we need to find? • How many balloons did Perry break? Fuller Computer Lab
Pop the Balloons: Guess and Check • Paula broke half as many balloons as Perry broke. Altogether they broke 18 balloons. How many balloons did Perry break? • We use a guess and check strategy to find this answer. Fuller Computer Lab
Guess and Check • Paula broke half as many balloons as Perry broke. Altogether they broke 18 balloons. How many balloons did Perry break? Fuller Computer Lab
REMEMBER THE RUBRIC Fuller Computer Lab
Blog • You can get 2 points per problem. • So that will be a possible 6 points for the three problems. • Plus, you can get 2 extra credit points for working well with a partner. Fuller Computer Lab
Blog: • This problem is on the Computer Lab BLOG. • We are going to write a response in the comment part of the BLOG. Fuller Computer Lab