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  1. Math Strategies: Solving Problems Using Guess and Check

    Form an educated guess. Check your solution to see if it works and solves the problem. If not, revise your guess based on whether it is too high or too low. This is a useful strategy when you're given the total and you're asked to find the kinds or number of things making up the total.

  2. 2.5.3: Guess and Check, Work Backward

    More Problem Solving Strategies. This lesson will expand your toolbox of problem-solving strategies to include guess and check and working backward. Let's begin by reviewing the four-step problem-solving plan: Step 1: Understand the problem. Step 2: Devise a plan - Translate. Step 3: Carry out the plan - Solve.

  3. Math Problem Solving: The Guess and Check Method

    Yes, I found the number of Blue Jays. Check the math to be sure it is correct. 30 doubled is 60. 30 + 60 + 10 = 100. Determine if the best strategy was chosen for this problem, or if there was another way to solve the problem. Guess and check was a good way to solve this problem. 5.

  4. PDF Guess and Check

    Guess and Check Welcome to Math Challenge #2. This set of Math Challenge problems can all be solved using Guess and Check strategy or/and Logical Reasoning. If you are new to any of the problem solving strategies, check out our complete overview of elementary problem

  5. Guess and Check, Work Backward

    Guess and Check. Sometimes, the most efficient way to solve a problem is to simply make an 'educated guess' and see how close it comes to being correct. Then you can apply what you learned from the first guess to improve future guesses until you have the right answer. The trick to making the Guess and Check method work well is to pay attention ...

  6. PDF Problem Solving Strategy: Guess & Check

    Problem Solving Strategy: Guess & Check. Use the guess and check strategy to solve the following questions. have 25¢. If... Each of the COUNTDOWN teachers has 4 pets. They either have dogs (which have 4 legs) or birds (which have 2). Use this chart to figure out how many and what types of pets each teacher has.

  7. PDF Maths Problem Solving Series

    7 Working Mathematically (WM) 3.3: Uses Guess and Check as a problem solving strategy. 8 WM 3.3, Meas. 3.18: Measures area, perimeter and capacity by counting uniform units and reads whole number scales. ... The problems are presented as worksheets, for class use, use as homework exercises or even as questions on tests. Alternatively, the ...

  8. PDF GUESS AND CHECK

    This strategy encourages students to make a reasonable guess, check the guess, and revise the guess if necessary. By repeating this process a student can arrive at a correct answer that has been checked. Using this strategy does not always yield a correct solution immediately, but it provides information that can be used to better understand ...

  9. Welcome to CK-12 Foundation

    Plan and compare alternative approaches to solving problems. Solve real-world problems using selected strategies as part of a plan. Introduction In this section, you will learn about the methods of Guess and Check and Working Backwards. These are very powerful strategies in problem solving and probably the most commonly used in everyday life.

  10. PDF PA6-13 Solving Equations—Guess and Check

    Introduce the guess-and-check method to solve equations. Show the equation 7h + 2 = 44. Tell students that you are going to solve this equation by guessing and checking. Start by guessing h = 5. ASK: If h = 5, what is 7h + 2? (37) Should h be higher or lower to make 7h + 2 = 44? (higher) What would your next guess be? (6) If h = 6, what is 7h ...

  11. PDF Word Problem Practice Workbook

    2. Use the expression 6t e 3f to find Seattle's final score in the 2006 Super Bowl. 3. GEOMETRY The expression 6s2 can be used to find the surface area of a cube, where s is the length of an edge of the cube. Find the surface area of a cube with an edge of length 10 centimeters. 10 cm.

  12. PDF Problem Solving Maths

    Students should review the type of problem and the method of diagramming. Ask them to give similar problems orally and check that their problems fit the type of diagrammatic solution being studied. 2 Convert data to a visual format Students should use plenty of space and leave the diagram in place for marking and sharing.

  13. Guess and Check Worksheet

    Generate a PDF worksheet, download it to your device and print it off to share with your students. Each time you download a worksheet it will have unique questions and come with its own answer key. There is no limit to how many you can download and print off.

  14. Problem Solving Guess And Check Strategy Worksheets & Teaching ...

    6. $2.00. Zip. This pack contains 13 problem solving strategy posters and a title. These strategies are helpful when doing routine (addition/subtraction) and non-routine (guess & check/work backwards/etc.) math problems. The strategies included are: draw a picture, look for a pattern, use a number line, use.

  15. Guess And Check Worksheets

    Guess And Check. Guess And Check - Displaying top 8 worksheets found for this concept. Some of the worksheets for this concept are Problem solving strategies guess and check work backward, 7 practice using guess and check, Unit 1 guess and check a decoding strategy, Group, Fractions section 1 iterating and partitioning, Polyas problem solving ...

  16. IXL

    Guess-and-check problems. IXL's SmartScore is a dynamic measure of progress towards mastery, rather than a percentage grade. It tracks your skill level as you tackle progressively more difficult questions. Consistently answer questions correctly to reach excellence (90), or conquer the Challenge Zone to achieve mastery (100)!

  17. PDF Name Class Guess- and- check word problems

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  18. Problem Solving Guess And Check Teaching Resources

    This download includes a PowerPoint with tips for solving problems involving the strategy 'guess and check' and eleven questions. Each slide contains a hyperlink to the answer, hyperlink back to the question and also a hyperlink to a hint and back.The same questions in the PowerPoint are also provided in task card form.A worksheet with similar questions is also included with answer key.

  19. Results for guess and check worksheets

    What's IncludedIncluded in this pack are 10 worksheets on all the lessons in the fourth grade My Math book for Chapter 11.These can be used as a quiz, formative assessment, homewo

  20. Guess and Check method, what is it?

    The Guess and Check problem solving strategy is a fairly easy way of solving problems. Think of it as a 3-step-approach: 1. Guess -> 2. Check -> 3. Repeat if needed. While we are guessing the numbers, we'll need to learn how to make smart guesses. Knowing how to do that helps us minimize the number of guessing, making the process more ...

  21. Using the guess and check strategy for problem solving

    In this lesson, we will begin to apply the guess and check strategy to a problem involving numbers within 15. Licence This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

  22. Quiz & Worksheet

    Guess, check, and revise is a problem-solving method that works exactly how it sounds. This quiz and worksheet test your knowledge of the steps involved in this process, as well as providing ...

  23. 51 Top "Guess And Check Problem Solving" Teaching Resources ...

    Explore more than 51 "Guess And Check Problem Solving" resources for teachers, parents and pupils as well as related resources on "Guess And Check". Check out our interactive series of lesson plans, worksheets, PowerPoints and assessment tools today! All teacher-made, aligned with the Australian Curriculum.