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UBUYACAR
Student Manual
Cover
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Student
Problem Solving Process
How do People Solve Problems?
Assessment Checklist
What it Means to Afford a Car
Resources
Notes/Strategies
Use of Mathematics
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PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS
- Understand the problem
- Identify the problem- unknown
- What are you asked to find/solve?
- Known
- Define Terms
- Assumptions
- Other previous knowledge
- Relevant/irrelevant information
- Unknown
- Gather further information
- Devise a plan
- Sketch a picture or a diagram
- Determine operations
- Take a risk:
"Behold the turtle for he does not move forward without sticking out his neck."
- Carry out the plan
- Write out steps
- Perform operations
- Evaluate
- Is the problem solved?
- Is it reachable?
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