1. 1-6 Using a Problem-Solving Plan Mrs. Ymas Math 7

2. 1-6 Using a Plan Read and Understand Plan & Solve Look Back and Check
Clues (Question, Facts)
Plan & Solve
Game Plan: Strategy
Solve: Process
Look Back and Check

3. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Tristan Gale won the women’s skeleton event. How much faster was Gale’s total time than Parsley’s?
Name
Heat 1 Time
(seconds)
Heat 2 Time
Tristan Gale
52.26
52.85
Lea Ann Parsley
52.27
52.94
Alex Coomber
52.48
52.89

4. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Tristan Gale won the women’s skeleton event. How much faster was Gale’s total time than Parsley’s?
Name
Heat 1 Time
(seconds)
Heat 2 Time
Tristan Gale
52.26
52.85
Lea Ann Parsley
52.27
52.94
Alex Coomber
52.48
52.89

5. Strategies Draw a Diagram Make a Graph Make an Organized List
Make a Table and Look for a Pattern
Simulate a Problem (act it out)
Solve a Simpler Problem
Try, Check, and Revise
Use Logical Reasoning
Work Backward
Write an Equation

6. How much faster was Gale’s total time than Parsley’s?
Name
Heat 1 Time
(seconds)
Heat 2 Time
Total Time (seconds)
Tristan Gale
52.26
52.85
Lea Ann Parsley
52.27
52.94
Alex Coomber
52.48
52.89

7. How much faster was Gale’s total time than Parsley’s?
Name
Heat 1 Time
(seconds)
Heat 2 Time
Total Time (seconds)
Tristan Gale
52.26
52.85
Lea Ann Parsley
52.27
52.94
105.11
105.21
Compare the total times, you subtract.
– = 0.10 second

8. “Is my answer reasonable?
Gale’s total time was 0.10 second faster than Parsley’s total time.
Look, Back, and Check – Ask yourself,
“Is my answer reasonable?
Did I check my work?”

9. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Tristan Gale won the women’s skeleton event. How much faster was Parsley’s total time than Coomber’s?
Name
Heat 1 Time
(seconds)
Heat 2 Time
Tristan Gale
52.26
52.85
Lea Ann Parsley
52.27
52.94
Alex Coomber
52.48
52.89
16 seconds

10. Let’s try this…
46 students and 3 teachers go to camp each day on a bus. The bus has 32 seats, and each seat holds 2 people. If every seat is used, how many seats will have two people?
17 seats