1. Numberless Word Problem
Trick or Treat!
Numberless Word Problem
Brian Bushart

2. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
(Assuming someone says it looks like a bar graph) What do you think this bar graph could represent?

4. What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
(Assuming someone commented on the previous screen or on this one that there is a bar missing) How tall do you think the bar for Snickers might be? Why do you say that?

6. What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
Look at the height of the bar for Snickers. How does it compare with your prediction?
Considering everything we know now, what do you think this bar could be about?
What do you think the vertical axis is going to represent?

8. What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
What does the label on the y-axis mean? Why does it say “In Millions”?
What numbers do you think belong on the scale along the y-axis?

10. What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
Using the information you know now, how many dollars in sales do you think each bar represents?

12. What new information was added? How does it change your thinking?
What math questions could you answer using the information in this graph?

14. How much greater were the sales for Reese’s than Kit Kats?
What is the question asking? How can we use the information in the graph to help us answer the question?