Name _______________________________________
Date _________________________
I am thinking of a number less than 50.
• When you divide the number by 9 the remainder is 8.
• When you divide the number by 3 the remainder is 2.
• When you divide the number by 6 the remainder is 5.
• When you divide the number by 2 the remainder is 1.
• The number is divisible by 5.
What is the number?
List important facts from the problem here.
What is the question?
Work it out here. Number your steps as you go.
Check the strategies that could be used
to solve this problem
Guess, check and revise
Draw a picture or make a model
Make an organized list
Make a table, chart, tree
diagram or Venn diagram
Solve a simpler problem
Use an operation, formula or
equation
Work backwards
Look for a pattern
Other __________________
Now, circle the strategy that you will use
to solve this problem.
What I Did
Why I Did It