Meta-Cognitive Markers In Math!

DO NOW: quick write What strategies do you use to attack word problems?

Meta-Cognitive Markers ! * ? ___ Most important process Step Stop I don’t know what this means What my teacher wants me to find.

? 5. What is the result when 8,675,309 is rounded to the nearest thousand and then expressed in scientific notation?

? 6. For the first part of his bike trip, Dag rode down a hill at x miles per hour for t hours. For the rest of his trip, Dag rode up a hill at half that speed for twice as long. What was Dag's average speed, in miles per hour, for his entire trip?

? 3ft x ft 10 ft 15. The rectangular solid above has surface area 112 square feet. What is the volume, in cubic feet, of the solid?

Practice Alone, mark and solve word problems #1-3 using the markers Explain how you got your answers to the person sitting next to you. Did you get the same answer? If not, figure out who is correct. In groups of four, write a set of instructions on a poster that would explain to another class “how-to” do word problems effectively.

Homework Write three word problems using the concept of __________________ to share with your table groups tomorrow.