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| George Polya's Problem Solving Steps |
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1. Understand the problem
2. Develope a plan
3. Carry out the plan
4. Look back |
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| 6 Problem Solving Strategies |
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1. Guess and Check
2. Draw Picture
3. Use a Variable
4. Look for a Pattern
5. Make a List
6. Simpler Problem |
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| apply ROUTINE procedure to arrive at an answer |
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| solve, pause, reflect, take ORIGINAL step never used to find answer |
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| collection of words where letters represent numbers |
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| shape of 4 squares, must be touching on at least one side |
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| letters used in place of numbers |
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| sentence involving numbers or symbols where the verb is "equals" |
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| a value of the variable that makes the equation true |
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1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1 |
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| pattern of numbers in a particular order |
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| individual numbers in a sequence |
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| give rise to many sequence |
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| three periods meaning "so on" ... |
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{1,1,2,3,4,8}
after the two 1s, each term is sum of two preceding terms |
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| used to draw conclusion or make prediction about a large collection based on a smaller collection. |
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