Use the Guess and Test strategy to find the answer to this problem. No dividing allowed!
Mrs. Kirby and Mrs. Miller spent a total of $50.00 on dinner for their two families. Mrs. Kirby spent $7.00 more than Mrs. Miller. How much did they each spend on dinner? Bring your guesses and your solution on paper for extra credit! You may comment on how many guesses it took you to get a solution that worked. Were you able to teach your parents how to use Guess and Test?
Mrs. Kirby and Mrs. Miller spent a total of $50.00 on dinner for their two families. Mrs. Kirby spent $7.00 more than Mrs. Miller. How much did they each spend on dinner? Bring your guesses and your solution on paper for extra credit! You may comment on how many guesses it took you to get a solution that worked. Were you able to teach your parents how to use Guess and Test?
It took me four tries to get the right answer. I was able to teach my parents how to do it.
ReplyDeleteThis was a little tricky. It took three times to do it. Wow, these kind of word problem is fun.
ReplyDeleteNo,I did it all by myself
ReplyDeleteIt took my 3 guesses to get the answer.I taught my Mom how to guess and test. She thought it was a good way of doing math.
ReplyDeleteit took 3 guesses. Yes I was able to teach my dad.
ReplyDeleteGreat job everyone using the guess and test strategy! Many students accepted the extra credit challenge and were excited to talk about it in class on Friday. A parent wondered how long it should take to solve this kind of problem. It depends of course, but we tackled a challenging new problem on Friday and almost everyone had a solution in under 3 minutes!
ReplyDeleteIt was kind of tricky. It took me 5 or 6 tries. I was able to teach my mom how to do it. My mom said it was a fun and hard way to do math.
ReplyDeleteIt only took me one try to get it right. I thought it was pretty easy.
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