Problem Solving Notes.notebook
Problem Solving
September 15, 2015
The 3 main skills we will use to Problem Solve are:
1. Solve by drawing a picture/diagram
2. Solve by using calculation
3. Solve by trial and error
Subject:Applied Math
Date:9/12/14
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Example 1:
A gardener is asked to plant either tomato that are 18 inches tall in a straight line with 2 feet between each plant. How much space is needed between the first plant and the last one?
hint: draw a diagram!
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Example 2:
Example 3:
Suppose that you have 10 coins consisting of quarters and dimes. If you have a total of $1.90, find the number of each type of coin.
Megan's car gets 28 miles per gallon on long trips. She leaves home, bound for a friend's house 370 miles away. If she makes the drive in 6 hours, how many gallons of gas per hour is the car using? hint: use trial and error!
Quarters
Dimes
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Amount
hint: use calculation!
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Problem Solving Notes.notebook
Now you try!!
*Remember to use the graphic organizer*
September 15, 2015
1 A 150 pound person walking briskly for 1 miles can burn 100 calories. How many miles per day would the person have to walk to lose 1 pound in 1 week? You have to burn 3,500 calories to lose 1 pound.
A 4 miles per day
B 5 miles per day
C 6 miles per day
D 7 miles per day
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2 A campus group is setting up a rectangular area for a tailgate bash. They have 100 feet between two roads to use as width and 440 feet of fence to use. What length will use up the total amount of fence?
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3 Mr.Goetz bought some 42­cent stamps and some 59­
cent stamps. If he bought a total of seven stamps and spent a total of $3.45, how many of each kind did she buy?
A 100 feet
B 110 feet
C 220 feet
D 120 feet
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Problem Solving Graphic Organizer