Problem Solving Strategies
Problems
Ordered Pairs
Review
100
identify a rule and go from one number to the next
What is look for a pattern
100
The product of two consecutive odd integers is 783. What are the integers?
What is 27 and 29?
100
Formed by the intersection of two number lines that meet at right angles at their zero points
What is a coordinate plane
100
A(n) is a letter or symbol used to represent an unknown value
What is variable
200
organizing information in an understandable way
What is making a table
200
Mr. and Mrs. Delgado each own an equal number of shares of stock. Mr. Delgado sells one-third of his shares for $2700/ Wat was the total value of stock of Mr. and Mrs. Delgado before the sale?
What is 16200
200
used to locate any point on a coordinate plane
What is an ordered pair
200
By the , a · b = b · a.
What is commutative property
300
improve your results until you find the solution
What is guess, check, and revise
300
Predict the value of 111,111^2. (hint: look at 1^2,11^2,and 111^2)
What is 12345654321
300
Last number in a numbered pair
What is y-coordinate
300
The states that the way in which numbers are grouped when they are added or multiplied does not change the sum or product.
What is Associative Property
400
start with the end results and undo each step
What is working backwards
400
2. On a farm, there are 100 total legs on people and animals. Each cow and horse has 4 legs, and each person has 2 legs. There are 4 more than ten times as many cows and horses than people. How many cows and horses, and how many people are there?
What is 2 people and 24 cows and horses
400
set of ordered pairs
What is a relation
400
1*a=a*1=a
What is multiplicative identity
500
Which Strategy and what is the answer? Kendrick spent half of the money he had this morning on lunch. After lunch, he loaned his friend a dollar. Now he has $1.50. How much money did Kendrick have this morning?
What is working backwards and $5.00
500
A refrigerator is marked down to 70% of its original price during a sale. If the original price was $750, find the sale price.
What is $525
500
set of y-coordinates of a relation
What is the range
500
a*0=0*a=0
What is multiplicative property of zero