Problem Solving Strategies in Math

The first step in Problem Solving is

• Plan

• List the question

• Solve

• Explain your answer

What step do you ask yourself "Is my answer reasonable?"

• Understand

• Plan

• Solve

• Explain

this strategy allows you to organize information in an understandable way.

• Guess and Check

• Find A Pattern

• Making a table

• Make a Drawing

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

allows you to find a rule.

• Act it Out

• Find A Pattern

• Organized List

• Make a Drawing

Tags

CCSS.5.OA.B.3

most helpful with geometry or map directions; if a picture is not provided, draw one

• Act it Out

• Find A Pattern

• Organized List

• Make a Drawing

when you are given the end of a problem or solution and are asked to find the beginning or starting point

• Make a Table

• Make a Graph

• Guess and Check

• Work Backwards

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

use when you are given large numbers or many pieces of data; used when not enough information is given to solve the problem

• Make a Table

• Make a Graph

• Guess and Check

• Work Backwards

orderly arrangement of data helps you track, identify data, or spot missing data; usually a sequence involving time

• Make a Table

• Make a Graph

• Guess and Check

• Work Backwards

used when given clues about a situation and have to use deduction reasoning to find a solution

• Logical Reasoning

• Solve Simpler Problem

• Guess and Check

• Work Backwards

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

The strategy that is the least efficient is

• Logical Reasoning

• Solve Simpler Problem

• Guess and Check

• Work Backwards

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B