Problem Solving Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
What is a problem? Summer Course July 2011
Why teach problem solving? Summer Course July 2011
Excellent handout on Problem Solving Ideas – PPDS website Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
24 Game Insert +, -, x or / to make the following = 24 7 9 5 8 3 2 2 6 7 9 5 8 3 2 2 6 4 5 6 9 3 5 7 6 5 7 7 6 2 6 5 5 Summer Course July 2011
6 Circles (Levels 5 & 6) Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Word Problems Summer Course July 2011
Mathematical Language Summer Course July 2011
Language & Number Operations Summer Course July 2011
Language & Number Operations Summer Course July 2011
Strategies Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
ROSE Read Organise Solve Evaluate Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Use of the Calculator Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Summer Course July 2011
Problem Solving with Calculators Show how you would change these displays: Summer Course July 2011
Activities Wipe Out! Type 35 Wipe out the 5 Type 35 again Now wipe out the 3 Target You can only use the four keys 2, 3, x, + to reach targets of 6, 8, 9, 16, 18, 36, 54. Summer Course July 2011
85 + 97 Zap the Digit The Broken Key A digit is zapped when it is reduced to 0. You have to zap a 3 digit number in 3 inputs, a 4 digit number in 4 inputs Type 185 – zap 8 / zap 1 / zap 5 The Broken Key We have to do the following sum but the number 9 key is broken. How can it be worked out? List the possibilities. 85 + 97 http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/BigCalculator.html Summer Course July 2011
Further activities http://jenny.myzen.co.uk/calcs.htm Summer Course July 2011