The problem below gave my son some trouble this morning:
When he got home from school we talked about it in more detail and it seemed to make more sense for him than it did this morning. The problem is a nice introductory algebra / quadratic problem:
Next I showed him a similar solution, but where “x” represented a different number:
Finally – just for a completely different way of looking at the problem – I wanted to show him a way that we could use the choices to help us find the solution. This is sort of cheating, but he was very confused by the problem this morning and I wanted to show him a way to get a little un-stuck when you are stuck.
Also, we got interrupted by the guy servicing our furnace – so sorry the video jumps in the middle 🙂
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