STRATEGY 5

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Jodelyn O. Marjorie Jean R.
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 Act out
Acting out is a problem-solving strategy that
involves physically acting out a problem to
help visualize and understand it better.
 Problem 1
There are 39 children in a classroom. The teacher assigned each one a
number from 1 to 39. She the told them to stand. Next she said: All
those whose number is odd sit down. The children followed. Then she
again assigned those who are standing the numbers 1,2,3, and so on
up to the last chil. Then she said: Those whose number is odd
sitdown.

At this point, how many children remain standing?

What do we know?
- There are 39 children

What do we want to know?

- The number of children who remain standing after a series of instructions from the teacher

If there is enough students and if there is sufficient time and space, this problem can best be
executed through acting out.
To do that, we assign 39 students a number each, from 1 to 39. Have them stand, then let those
whose number is odd sit. By this time, it will be obvious that 20 will sit and 19 remain standing.
Then, the remaining 19 will again be assigned numbers 1 to 19. If those whose numbers are odd
will sit, then the only ones standing will be 9 children as 10 will sit.

There will be nine children who remain standing.

 Problem 2
A coach for table tennis has the following players:
April, May, June, Julio, Agusto. How many
different two-player doubles team can be formed
from the players in the team?
What do we know?
- There are five players.
- Teams of two players each will be formed.

What do we want to know?

-The number of two-player doubles team that can be formed.

If being solved in a class, the best strategy to use is acting out as it will clearly show the students
the possible pairing of the five players. Using drawing or diagram are appropriate strategy to use,
too.
To act out, 5 students may be asked to stand in front of the class to represent the five players. Then,
show that player 1 may be paired with all other players, that is

April & May,

April & June,
April & Julio,
April & Agusto
Then pair May with all others except April since their pair was already counted.
So May will have

May & June,

May & Julio,
May & Agusto.

To continue we have,

June & Julio,

June & Agusto.

And finally,

Julio & Agusto.

To sum up, there are 10 possible two-player doubles team.

 Activity 1
“Using each of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 only once,
make a two-digit number times a three-digit number
multiplication problem with the greatest product.”
 Students can “draw a diagram or picture” of an “empty” multiplication
problem with a box for each digit. Consider which two digits give the
largest product and put them in the highest place value spots. Then, if
it’s not immediately evident to the student, use one of the other
problem-solving strategies — “guess and check” — to place the
remaining digits in the remaining spots. Check by multiplying the
results to identify which is actually the largest (e.g. Is it 430 x 21 or 320
x 41?)
 Activity 2
“If 25 Glinks equal a Glonk, and 15 Glonks
equal a Glooie, how many Glinks equal 2
Glooies?”
Please, “make it simpler”! That strategy is an especially good choice from
the list of problem solving-strategies. Let’s look at a simpler, but similar,
problem. It’s simpler because the numbers are smaller, and you could even
draw a picture to prove it’s correct.

If 3 Glinks equal a Glonk. And 2 Glonks equal a Glooie. How many Glinks
equal a Glooie? Multiply 3×2, which equals 6.

So, if 6 Glinks equal a Glooie, then how many Glinks equal 2 Glooies?
Multiply 6×2, which equals 12. So, 12 Glinks equal 2 Glooies.
 Now with the larger numbers:

If 25 Glinks equal a Glonk. And 15 Glonks equal a Glooie. How many Glinks
equal a Glooie? Multiply 15×25, which equals 750. So, 750 Glinks equal a
Glooie.

Then, how many Glinks equal 2 Glooies? Multiply 750×2, which equals 1500.
So, there are 1500 Glinks in 2 Glooies.

It’s the same process, with bigger numbers! Much simpler!

 Leonhard Euler
● He was a ploneering Swiss mathematician and physicist.
● He made an important discoveries in the field as diverse as
infinitesimal calculus and graph
● Introduce much of the modern mathematician terminology and
notation
● He is also reowned for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics,
optics and astronomy
● He considered to be the pre-eminent mathematician of the 18th
centuryy
● One of the greatest mathematician ever to have lived
● One of the most prolific mathematician
● He collected works fill 60-80 quarto volumes
 "Mathematics have tried in vain to this day to
discover some order in the sequence of prime
numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a
mystery into which the human mind never
penetrates"
Thank you!!