Math Today 19 August 2011

1) Have a seat: no boys can sit next to each other today,

neither can girIs sit next to other girIs.
2) Get out your HW from Iast night (Worksheet 1.1). Mr.
McKinney wiII be around to check your HW.
3) WhiIe you are waiting for him to come around, gIue the
MATH: PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE into the next bIank page
of your Math Notebook. Add this to your TabIe of Contents.
Then, do the probIem beIow in your Math Notebook:

- Use The Problem Solving Guide -
A Iitter of cheetah cubs weighs about 3 pounds. One aduIt
cheetah can weigh 141 pounds. How many Iitters of cubs
taken together wouId have the same weight as the aduIt
cheetah?
Math: ProbIem-SoIving Guide
Step 1:
Read the question twice to get the feel of what it is
asking you to find.
Step 2:
Read the question a 3rd time. Ask yourself:
What do need to find out?
What information has the problem given me?
What (other stuff) do know that can help?
Math: ProbIem-SoIving Guide
Step 3:
Roughly calculate the answer. Ask yourself:
Have answered the question?
s my answer reasonable?
Step 4:
Logical presentation (step-by-step) of your work
towards the answer. This is done so that anyone can
follow the process you took towards the answer. Ask
yourself:
Have answered the question?
s my answer reasonable?
- Use The Problem Solving Guide -
A Iitter of cheetah cubs weighs about 3
pounds. One aduIt cheetah can weigh
141 pounds. How many Iitters of cubs
taken together wouId have the same
weight as the aduIt cheetah?
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
- Use The Problem Solving Guide -
A Iitter of cheetah cubs weighs about 3 pounds.
One aduIt cheetah can weigh 141 pounds. How
many Iitters of cubs taken together wouId have
the same weight as the aduIt cheetah?
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
HW Review: 1.1
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
-- Use the ProbIem SoIving Guide --
Banquet: You are setting up tabIes for
a banquet for 100 guests. Each tabIe
seats 8 peopIe. What is the minimum
number of tabIes you wiII need?
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
Investigation:
McDougal Littell, Math Course 1 Text
book pages 9 - 10.
Working with a partner, do the
activity Iaid out on these pages.
Record any work you do in your
Math Notebook.
You have about 15 minutes
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
Round to the nearest ten.
1. 76
2. 183
3. 305
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
Estimate the sum or difference.
1. 27 + 64
2. 180 + 914
3. 91 - 49
4. 612 - 83
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
Estimate the product or quotient.
1. 879 x 31
2. 193 x 4
3. 970 / 4
4. 213 / 68
19 August 2011

ProbIems SoIving
Guide & Estimation:
By the end of today's
lesson, you will have a
plan for problem
solving and an
understanding of how
and when to use
estimates.
Warm Ups -
Problem-Solving
Guide
Review HW, Warm
Up
Lesson 1.2 -
Estimation
Classwork
HW Procedures
HW:
Classwork - Practicing Estimation:
Work on Text Book pages 13 - 14, independentIy or with a partner.
19 August 2011
HW: Worksheet 1., o All oI the
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