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Problem-Solving Strategy
Choose a Strategy
Try these and other strategies to solve each problem. Tell which strategy
you used.
Problem-Solving Strategies
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Use Logical Reasoning
Make a Table
1. The first three house numbers on
• Write a Number Sentence
• Find a Pattern
Strategy:
Seth’s street are 1234, 1238, and
1242. What is the next number?
Solution:
2. A store sells toy trucks for $5 each.
Strategy:
How many trucks must they sell to
collect $150?
Solution:
3. If the pattern for planting trees along
a road is maple, elm, ash, linden,
and oak, what kind of tree will the
173rd one be?
4. Jan wrote the following numbers:
1, 20, 2, 19, 3, 18, 4, 17. If he
continues the pattern, what are the
next 4 numbers he should write?
5. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell
spoke the first words through the
telephone that he invented. How
many years ago was that?
6. A carpenter uses 3 sheets of
plywood to make 10 crates. On the
first day the carpenter makes 10
crates. On each of the next 3 days
he makes twice as many crates as he
did the day before. How many crates
does he make on the fourth day?
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Use with Chapter 10, Lesson 7.