Problem in Mathematics Part II : Intervention

By Mohd Ridwan

 How

do I help the students to identify the operation of problem solving questions ( addition and subtraction terms)

The Polya Models Direct Instructions Model Drill Test

 UNDERSTANDING THE

PROBLEM

You have to understand the problem. What is the unknown? What are the data? What is the condition? What are the variables that is used?
Devise

a plan

Find the connection between the data and the

unknown.

 CARRYING

OUT THE PLAN

Carrying out your plan of the solution, check

each step. Can you see clearly that the step is correct? Can you prove that it is correct?

 Janices

Hardware has a number of bikes and tricycles for sale. There are 27 seats and 60 wheels all together. Determine how many bikes there are and how many tricycles there are.

 Step

1 : Understand the problem

each bike has 2 wheels each tricycle has 3 wheels 1 bike 1 seat, 1 tricycle 1 seat there are 27 seats = no. of bike + no. of tricycle
Step

2 : Devise a plan

Strategy 1 : Construct a table Strategy 2 : Draw a diagram

 Step

3 : Carry out the plan ( draw a table )

Number of tricycle 12 11 10 6 Number of wheels (15x2)+(12x3)=66 (16x2)+(11x3)=65 (17x2)+(10x3)=64 (21x2)+(6x3)=60

Number of bikes 15 16 17 21

 First, draw all the 27 seats. Then add a wheel to each seat and

when it reaches to the 27th seat, repeat back until there are 60 wheels. Note : Each circle is a seat and each leg is a wheel

grey circle is the bike. The green green circle is the tricycle. There are 21 diagram of bikes and 6 diagram of tricycles.
The

the Answer Use the inverse method: multiplication division

Check (21x2)+(6x3)=60 21x2=42

and 6x3=18 422=21 and 183=6 21+6=27 seats

set of questions

Teachers give a sets of problem solving

questions and ask them to answer them all. Teacher discuss the Polya Models with the pupils Teacher give a post test of the same set of questions.