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Problem
Problem
Ben stood on the middle rung of a ladder when painting a house.
He stepped up 3 rungs to paint one spot and then stepped down 5 rungs to
get a spot he had missed. After painting that spot, he climbed up 7 rungs
to finish painting and then climbed the remaining 4 rungs to the top of the
Ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have?
Task
Task
Start working on the problem. We'll check back in about 10 minutes.
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It’s not a problem if you want to just talk, and it’s also not a problem if you want to show a visual somehow. (We just want to see how you do/have been sharing mathematical thinking.)
Afterwards
Afterwards
Is this a problem that you imagine you would do with your students? Explain.
How does our previous discussion inform the goal for your Problem Solving unit? What would the unit look like?
How would you “teach” problem solving strategies so that students organically learn?
How would you sequence these types of problems and organize them for the unit? Is there a pattern to these types of problems ;)
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