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Problem
Problem
Eight adults and two children need to cross the river and they only have one boat available. The boat can only hold one adult or one child or two children. Everyone in the group is able to row the boat.
How many one-way trips will it take for everyone to cross the river?
Is there a rule that you can develop to generalize the situation?
Task
Task
Start working on the problem. We'll check back in about 10 minutes.
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Share
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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