Jul 27
Homelessness
Posted in Authentic Applied Problems Tagged algebra, intuition, modeling, number sense, writing
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Here’s a warm up activity to get students thinking mathematically and thinking about what math is:
One of my friends posted this picture on Facebook. Use it and whatever other resources you need to answer the following questions.
a) Assuming the first statement is correct, is the second statement correct?
b) What (if anything) is wrong with this “solution” to homelessness?
c) To what extent was this problem “doing math”? Were both parts a and b math problems?
10:07 pm - 5-3-2016
What an interesting warm-up to get students thnking mathematically.