Student Created Tutorial Situation
Situation:Makayla is so excited that Justin Beiber is coming to Austin that she bought three-fourths of the available front-row tickets so she could give some away to her friends. If there were 48 front-row tickets available, and each ticket cost $220.38 after tax, how much did Makayla pay for all of the tickets? / Example Script:
Your job is to explain how to solve the problem using multiplication (and any other necessary addition/subtraction).
“Hi, I’m ____ and I’m ____, and we’re going to model how to solve this situation problem. Let’s read the problem. (Read the problem aloud.) The first thing we want to do when problem solving is paraphrase the situation, or get to the “gist” of the situation. (Paraphrase/put the problem situation in your own, simplified words.) The problem is asking us to … (Tell what the problem is asking you to find). Next, we’re going to talk about the action in the problem. (Talk about the action, such as we need to find part of something, or repeated addition. Talk also about what specifically you need to find part of or what specifically need to repeatedly add.) Now that we know the action, we know that the operation(s) we will use are… (Tell what operations you will be using.) Now let’s solve the problem. (Show how to solve the problem).”
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Student Created Tutorial Situation
Situation:A bottle of Sergio’s hair bleach contains approximately 0.12 of a liter. If Sergio has 2.5 bottles, how many liters of hair bleach can he use to dye Orlando’s hair over the weekend? / Example Script:
Your job is to explain how to solve the problem using multiplication (and any other necessary addition/subtraction).
“Hi, I’m ____ and I’m ____, and we’re going to model how to solve this situation problem. Let’s read the problem. (Read the problem aloud.) The first thing we want to do when problem solving is paraphrase the situation, or get to the “gist” of the situation. (Paraphrase/put the problem situation in your own, simplified words.) The problem is asking us to … (Tell what the problem is asking you to find). Next, we’re going to talk about the action in the problem. (Talk about the action, such as we need to find part of something, or repeated addition. Talk also about what specifically you need to find part of or what specifically need to repeatedly add.) Now that we know the action, we know that the operation(s) we will use are… (Tell what operations you will be using.) Now let’s solve the problem. (Show how to solve the problem).”
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Student Created Tutorial Situation
Situation:Marina and David decided that they worked so hard on their video tutorial that they would celebrate by going to a movie together after school. It turned out that Marina didn’t like the movie, but David convinced her to stay. Finally, after watching four-fifths of the movie, Marina couldn’t take it any longer, so she left. If the movie was 93 minutes long, how many more minutes would Marina have watched if she had decided to stay? / Example Script:
Your job is to explain how to solve the problem using multiplication (and any other necessary addition/subtraction).
“Hi, I’m ____ and I’m ____, and we’re going to model how to solve this situation problem. Let’s read the problem. (Read the problem aloud.) The first thing we want to do when problem solving is paraphrase the situation, or get to the “gist” of the situation. (Paraphrase/put the problem situation in your own, simplified words.) The problem is asking us to … (Tell what the problem is asking you to find). Next, we’re going to talk about the action in the problem. (Talk about the action, such as we need to find part of something, or repeated addition. Talk also about what specifically you need to find part of or what specifically need to repeatedly add.) Now that we know the action, we know that the operation(s) we will use are… (Tell what operations you will be using.) Now let’s solve the problem. (Show how to solve the problem).”
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Student Created Tutorial Situation
Situation:Jonas has a new computer game with 65 levels. So far, he has completed two-fifths of the levels. If he conquers 13 more levels this evening, how many levels will he have completed? / Example Script:
Your job is to explain how to solve the problem using multiplication (and any other necessary addition/subtraction).
“Hi, I’m ____ and I’m ____, and we’re going to model how to solve this situation problem. Let’s read the problem. (Read the problem aloud.) The first thing we want to do when problem solving is paraphrase the situation, or get to the “gist” of the situation. (Paraphrase/put the problem situation in your own, simplified words.) The problem is asking us to … (Tell what the problem is asking you to find). Next, we’re going to talk about the action in the problem. (Talk about the action, such as we need to find part of something, or repeated addition. Talk also about what specifically you need to find part of or what specifically need to repeatedly add.) Now that we know the action, we know that the operation(s) we will use are… (Tell what operations you will be using.) Now let’s solve the problem. (Show how to solve the problem).”
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Student Created Tutorial Situation
Situation:Xander is purchasing food for his mom’s next dinner party. If he purchases 2.25 pounds of meat that cost $2.80 per pound, how much change will he receive if he gives the cashier $20.00? / Example Script:
Your job is to explain how to solve the problem using multiplication (and any other necessary addition/subtraction).
“Hi, I’m ____ and I’m ____, and we’re going to model how to solve this situation problem. Let’s read the problem. (Read the problem aloud.) The first thing we want to do when problem solving is paraphrase the situation, or get to the “gist” of the situation. (Paraphrase/put the problem situation in your own, simplified words.) The problem is asking us to … (Tell what the problem is asking you to find). Next, we’re going to talk about the action in the problem. (Talk about the action, such as we need to find part of something, or repeated addition. Talk also about what specifically you need to find part of or what specifically need to repeatedly add.) Now that we know the action, we know that the operation(s) we will use are… (Tell what operations you will be using.) Now let’s solve the problem. (Show how to solve the problem).”
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