Tuesday, August 30, 2011

More Problem Solving (optional activities) for the week of Sept. 5th

Problem #5
Show your work. Explain with pictures, words, or numbers.

Five children are playing on the playground. The teacher called the children in for a snack. She
had 20 cookies. How many cookies did each child get?

Problem #6
Show your work. Explain with pictures, words, or numbers.

Beauty is trying to tell the Beast about apples. He knows only about oranges. What would you
tell the Beast about ways an orange is like an apple and how they are different. He knows
about grapes, but not bananas. Compare grapes and bananas for the Beast.