Lesson 6-2 A Class from Stanford University

1. Focusing on the five dollars helped each team to frame the problem effectively.

• True

• False

2. The team that made the most money could think creatively by reinterpreting the problem more broadly.

• True

• False

3. One of the teams made more money by requesting donations instead of asking for a specific payment.

• True

• False

4. The team that offered to check bicycle tire pressure had to give up halfway through their two-hour challenge.

• True

• False

5. The team that made the most money spent all of the five dollars buying the starting materials.

• True

• False

6. One of the teams offered to measure bicycle tire pressure for free at a stand in front of the student union.

• True

• False

7. The services the two teams offered were considered convenient and valuable by some people.

• True

• False

8. One of the teams thought of waiting in line at popular restaurants in place of customers.

• True

• False

9. Customers were happy to pay for the reservations because [ ].

• (a) they could choose from a wide variety of restaurants

• (b) they could save money to make reservations by themselves

• (c) they could enjoy dinner without waiting in long lines

10. The team that offered to fill bike tires stopped asking for a specific payment because their customers [ ].

• (a) would not pay as much money as they had expected

• (b) were willing to pay more money than they had expected

• (c) preferred to get their tires filled for free at nearby bike shops