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For each chapter in your textbook, there is one on-line Brain Teaser. If you get stuck, click on the Hints button for a strategy to help solve the question. Once you find the answer to the question, click on the Solution button to see if you are right.
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The hints often suggest problem-solving strategies. Here are some of the strategies you might try:
- Write a Number Sentence
- Write an Equation
- Draw a Picture
- Make a Table
- Act It Out
- Guess and Check
- Find a Pattern
- Work Backward
- Make a List
- Solve a Simpler Problem
- Choose a Strategy
- Use Logical Thinking
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In solving the Brain Teasers try this four-step procedure: Understand, Plan, Solve, and Look Back.
Understand
- What is the question?
- What facts do you know?
Plan
- Have you ever solved a problem like this before?
- If you missed something, try the problem again.
Solve
Look Back
- Do the answers match the facts in the problem?
- If you missed something, try the problem again.
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