Grade 12 Essential: Unit A – PROBLEM SOLVE, Games and Numbers
Item-1 Unit A Games and Numbers Workbook. A workbook issued in class.
Item 2 Unit A – YouTube Play List – A selection of supporting videos. Of course a video alone is not a great way to learn. Select ‘Play All’, select a few that help you the most.
Item 3 Practice Worksheets (puzzle sheets, solve the riddle, and see if you have correct answers!. Due dates in blog(s)
- Guess and Check Problem Solving. Do the puzzle! Then you know you have the correct answers. (Assgt A-1 Due: <=13 Sep )
- Problem Solve – Draw a Picture (Assgt A- Due: )
- Make a List (Assgt A- Due: )
- Make a Table (Assgt A- Due: )
- Solve Simpler Problem (Assgt A-)
- Venn Diagrams
- Various Methods
Item 4 Problem Solving Methods. Not everything is solved by some secret formula and smashing some numbers into a calculator, more often you actually have to sit and doodle, and think, and guess and check , or list the possibilities, or use logic, or use simpler examples, etc.
Problem Solving Strategies. A standard list and examples of problem solving strategies.
Problem Solving Strategies. The same general list of strategies!
Problem Solving Strategies. The standard list of methods
Item 6 Solving Problems by Guess and Check ; a selection of suitable reference links:
Guess and Check Ref 1, Guess and Check 2
Item 7 Solving Problems by Making a List ; a selection of suitable reference links:
Make a List Ref 1; Make a List Ref 2
Item 8 Solving Problems by Making a Diagram; a selection of suitable reference links:
Make a Diagram Ref 1; Make a Diagram Ref 1;
Item 9 Solving Problems by Making A Table Worksheet(s)
Make A Table 1, Make a Table 2,
Item 10 Solving Problems by Finding a Pattern Worksheet(s)
Find a Pattern Ref 1,
Item 11 Solving Problems Using Logic.
Solve Using Logic Ref 1,
Item 13 Solving Problems by Working Backwards.
Work Backwards Ref 1, Work Backwards Ref 2,
Item 15 A Problem Solving Test Bank (Animated; Grade 6; but really great);
Item 16 Fun Math Puzzles – ‘MathisFun’.
Item 17 Quia. Checkout Quia Web, select any type of puzzle for any subject! Math, Science, English, … Here is a few thousand Math games., fun for the whole family
Item 18 Test of Genius Puzzles! Only if you are brave. Test of Genius 1; Test of Genius 2.