Surprisingly, this was a real challenge for most students as they tried to add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers to find the age of the shepherd. We discussed the need to understand the question thoroughly. For homework, students are to create a question that could be answered with the information provided above. We already had the question of, "How many sheep does each dog need to guard if they guard the same number of sheep each?"
Also, here is a video showing how common this error in math problem solving is:
Reminders for tomorrow:
- read for 30 min
- finish your word work
- work on Social Studies project (due on Monday)
- band practise log
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