1.  Attendance5 min  Week 2 information updates2 min  $15 class fee, room parent  Quick review of assessment2 min  Grading policy  Test taking strategies6 min  Week 1 homework review15 min  Tree Diagram20 min  Organized List  Make a Table

2. 1. Understanding the problem 2. Planning how to solve the problem 3. Carrying out the plan 4. Looking back

3.  Does the problem give you enough information? Too much info.?  What is the question you are being asked?  What should your solution look like?

4.  Drawing a picture or diagram  Making an organized list  Making a table  Solving a simpler related problem  Finding a pattern  Guessing and checking  Experimenting  Acting out the problem  Working backwards  Writing an equation Today’s Topics Tree Diagram Organized list Make a table

5.  Work smart!  If you find your planned strategy is not effective, consider change your point of view or use alternative strategy.

6.  Does your answer make sense.  Work backward and see if you arrive to the same answer.

7.  The Tournament  The eight teams of the City League will determine this season’s champion with a single-elimination tournament. That is, a team will be out of the tournament after one loss. How many tournament games will the championship team have to play? ROUND 1ROUND 2ROUND 3 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Champion

8.  Rod Measures  The lengths of three rods are 6 cm, 9 cm, and 11 cm. How can you use these rods to measure a length of 14 cm?  Sketch out the possibilities 11 cm 9 cm6 cm 4 cm 15 cm 11 cm 9 cm 6 cm 8 cm 17cm 11 cm9 cm 6 cm 14 cm 20 cm

9.  1. How many tournament games will the champion have to play if there are 16 teams competing in a single-eliminating tournament?  2. How can you use four rods that measure 2 cm, 5 cm, 7 cm, and 9 cm to measure a length of 1 cm?

10.  1. Four tournament games.  2. 2 cm9 cm 7 cm 1 cm 12 cm 5 cm 11 cm