ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN

PROBLEM-SOLVING

Ready! Set! Go! Try again! Keep going!

1 2 3 4 5
KNOW IDENTIFY INCREASE PRACTICE SHARE IT
COMPLEXITY
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

WHAT IS
PROBLEM – SOLVING?
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

Ready!
Do not answer a question you don’t
understand. It is important that you study the
1 basic concepts of the topic before answering the
problem. Spend sufficient amount of time in
KNOW knowing the concepts.
 EXAMPLE OF
THE PROBLEM

FIND THE DERIVATIVE OF:

𝑅(𝑧) = + -
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

Set! Identify the unknown. Always look for the

variables that are already present and list it
2 accordingly. It is important that you organize
what is given and what is missing.
IDENTIFY After organizing it, try to do an analyzation
and then solve the problem.
 IDENTIFY

FORMULA:
 
Differentiation Rule that is applicable to the given
problem:

Quotient Rule
The quotient of two differentiable functions is
differentiable and is defined as: where
 IDENTIFY

SOLUTION:

 
LET:
f(x) =

g(x) =

h(x) = -
 IDENTIFY
SOLUTION:
 
Solve for the
 IDENTIFY

SOLUTION:
 
Solve for the
 IDENTIFY

SOLUTION:
 
Solve for the
 IDENTIFY

SOLUTION:

Final answer:
 
𝑅(𝑧) = + -

 
′ −9 1 10
𝑅 ( 𝑧 )= 5
− 5
+ 11
√𝑧 2𝑧 3𝑧
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

Go! After doing the problem, make sure that you

increase the level of complexity of the problem
3 you are working with. Try to look for a problem
under the same topic, but this time look for a
INCREASE more complex problem that you think it can
COMPLEXITY challenge what you have learned so that you can
discover a lot of methods in answering it.
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

Try again! At this point, you already know what to look

for and how to solve the problem. Now you
4 have to practice for you to be able to master it
and to avoid shallow learning.
PRACTICE Practice more for you to be able to do it
accurately.
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PROBLEM-SOLVING

Keep going!
When you learn something, if you don’t use
it, you lose it. The next step for you to be able to
5 master it and increase the level of retention,
teach it to someone. Know that the best way to
SHARE IT learn something is to teach it.
 ZEL’S 5 STEP RULE IN
PROBLEM-SOLVING

“Adversity is the mother of progress”

-Mahatma Gandhi
 Prepared By:

Duave, Liezel Dianah H

BSE – Math 3

Submitted to:

Ms. Zyrill L. macha

BSEM – 35