Using Technology to Develop Problem Solving Skills

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Using Technology to Develop Problem Solving Skills
This project was created by Nicole Fierravanti
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Using Technology to Develop Problem Solving Skills
A. Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, Circles
B. Lets Balance Shapes
C. Marathon Runner
D. The Pelican
E. Stars, Squares, Triangles, and Circles
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Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, and Circles
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CLUEgt
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Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, and Circles
Referring to the TSRC figure, what numbers are
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Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, and Circles
Referring to the TSRC figure, what numbers are
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Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, and Circles
Referring to the TSRC figure, what numbers are
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Lets Balance Shapes
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Can you find out which symbol would balance the
third scale?
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Solution
How do you determine the shape(s) to balance the
third scale?
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Marathon Runner
Equilateral triangle
Square
Circle
Equilateral Parallelogram
A runner training for a marathon likes to vary
his daily run, but always runs the same distance
of 16 miles. His routes, which form the
perimeter of various mathematical shapes, are
shown. Which one enclosed the largest area?
What are the areas of each of the mathematical
shapes?
CLUE
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Clues

• What is the are of an equilateral triangle?
• What is the are of a square?
• What is the area of a circle?
• What is the area of an equilateral parallelogram?

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Solution
Which of these figures has the greatest area? Why?
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The Pelican
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The Egg
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Make the pelican from the geometric shapes in the
egg and label the parts by the numbers in the
pelican.
Clue
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Clue

Beak and base are right triangles
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Pelican Solution
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Stars, Squares, Triangles, and Circles
This project is to develop skills of recognizing
symbols and patterns.
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The visual display unit data on a new computer
system developed a fault and used symbols to
represent numbers. Can you work out the correct
numerical values from these shapes?
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Clue
These symbols represent numbers from zero through
nine.
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Star, Squares, Triangle, and Circles
Solution