March 21. 2012

Danny's mother made cookies for his party.  She made 36 cookies, The girls ate 1/4 of them.  The boys ate 1/3 of them.  If the 10 parents at the party shared the rest equally, how many cookies did each parent get?

With this Valentine's Day dance problem, the most important piece of information in this problem that can help you get the right answer is the fact there are only 3 rectangular table that will hold 8 people at each table.

My strategy for this problem was to move the names around as I read the problem the second time.  Can you think of other strategies to solve this problem?  Using manipulatives that represent the different teams, using a continuum line, write a list.

How many other combinations of bracelets can Tiffany purchase without going over $20?

Strategy for this problem:  put the smallest numbers in the corners.

Strategy for this problem:  guess and check.  Figure out what the numbers could be for the rectangle and see if they would work for the square.