1. READ
2. UNDERSTAND
POW Week 28
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What are you trying to find out? Read the problem carefully.
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What is the important information – put a circle around it.
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Can you estimate the answer?
An eight story apartment was under construction. Each side of the square shaped
apartment tower had 8 rows of windows. In each row there were 4 windows.
How many windows were on one side of the apartment? How many windows were on
the whole building? Be sure to draw an array to show what the windows on the
building looked like.
3. CHOOSE
4. SOLVE
5. ANSWER
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Decide on a strategy to help you to find an answer to the
problem.
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Solve the problem and remember to record all your thinking –
you can use words, numbers, diagrams or pictures.
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Check your answer (you may use a calculator). If you find
your answer is not correct try another way of solving the
problem.
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Write your answer in a sentence using mathematical language.
6. CHECK
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