1. NamePOWDue Date Date submitted Total points/Grade / 30 Please attach all scratch work to your final copy. All work should be on another sheet of paper. Always write in COMPLETE sentences! “Algebra” may not be used as a strategy. ALL submitted work must be in your writing or typed on a computer. You must be able to explain all work on your POW. Remember, the main idea behind these problems is to be able to explain the process involved in problem solving, not only to get a “correct answer.” PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES Make an organized listMake a picture or diagramUse or look for a pattern Use or make a tableBrainstormGuess and check Work backwardsMake it simplerAct out or use objects 1. STATEMENT: In your OWN WORDS restate the problem providing enough details to solve the problem. 0 1 2 3 4 5 2. PROCEDURE: a. Solve the problem, then EXPLAIN step by step how you found the solution. Provide DETAILS!!! 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 b. Show ALL your work, steps, drawings or tables. Label and organize all work on your final copy. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Name the main strategy that you used to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2 d. Name one strategy that would not work to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2 3. CONCLUSION: a. What is your answer? 0 1 2 3 4 b. Could there be other CORRECT answers to this same problem? 0 1 c. What 6 th grade (or higher) math related concept did this POW teach you or reinforce that can be used for future problems? 0 1 2 See the map of the US on the next page. You are only concerned with the states that have numbers listed in them. Red, Purple, Blue, Green Using these four colors, color every state with a number in it. No state may touch another state of the same color. Your goal is to get the lowest score possible. SCORING Red states x 1Purple states x 2 Blue states x 3Green states x 4 Add up all your points

2. NamePOWDue DateDate submitted Total points/Grade / 30 Please attach all scratch work to your final copy. All work should be on another sheet of paper. Always write in COMPLETE sentences! “Algebra” may not be used as a strategy. ALL submitted work must be in your writing or typed on a computer. You must be able to explain all work on your POW. Remember, the main idea behind these problems is to be able to explain the process involved in problem solving, not only to get a “correct answer.” PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES Make an organized listMake a picture or diagramUse or look for a pattern Use or make a tableBrainstormGuess and check Work backwardsMake it simplerAct out or use objects 1. STATEMENT: In your OWN WORDS restate the problem providing enough details to solve the problem. 0 1 2 3 4 5 2. PROCEDURE: a. Solve the problem, then EXPLAIN step by step how you found the solution. Provide DETAILS!!! 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 b. Show ALL your work, steps, drawings or tables. Label and organize all work on your final copy. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Name the main strategy that you used to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2 d. Name one strategy that would not work to solve this POW. Why? 0 1 2 3. CONCLUSION: a. What is your answer? 0 1 2 3 4 b. Could there be other CORRECT answers to this same problem? 0 1 c. What 6 th grade (or higher) math related concept did this POW teach you or reinforce that can be used for future problems? 0 1 2 268 163 147 121 113 110 104 98 97 86 84 83 82 77 71 70 69 56 51 53