BASIC

MATHEMATICS

GROUP MEMBERS - PAUL

- JOHN
- PRINCETON
paul princeton john
 DRAW A PICTURE

• make a visual representation of what the problem is.

• helps solidify concrete thinking.
• is the step between the visual and symbolic language of
math.
• strategies that many students learn at the
earliest stages of math development.

• way to communicate mathematical thinking.

 Example 1
• Laura has 3 green chips, 3 blue chips and 1 red
chip in her bag. What fractional part of the
bag of chips is green?
 Strategy
1) UNDERSTAND:

What do you need to find?

You need to find how many chips are in all.

Then you need to find how many of the chips
are green.
2) PLAN:

How can you solve the problem?

You can draw a picture to show the

information. Then you can use the picture to
find the answer.
3) SOLVE:

Draw 7 chips.

3/7 of the chips are green.

 Example 2
• Sam has a bag with three green buttons, four
blue buttons, and one red button. What
fractional part of the bag of buttons is green?
1. Understand: What information does the
student need to find?
- The student needs to find out how many
buttons there are in all, and then find out
what fraction of those buttons are green.
2. Devise a Plan: How should we solve the
problem?
- The student will use the "Draw a Picture"
strategy to solve the problem, creating a
simple diagram to represent the buttons.
3. Carry out the Plan: Draw a simple picture to
represent the information presented in the
word problem.
- Draw eight circles to represent the eight buttons
in the bag. The circles labeled "G" represent the
green buttons, the circles labeled "B" represent the
blue buttons, and the circles labeled "R" represent
the red buttons.
The student will see that there are three green
buttons out of eight buttons altogether,
therefore 3/8 of the buttons are green.
4. Look Back: When looking back on the picture,
it is clear to the student that there are three
green buttons out of the eight buttons in the
bag, or 3/8.
Find how many black color of number in rectangle box
of the pictures?
 Solution:
• In the picture there are six rectangles,
• Total number of yellow color is three
• Total number of rose color is one
• Total number of blue color is one
• Total number of brown color is one
 Therefore
• There is no black color in the pictures. So the
result is nil.
Answer the question by using Polya’s Method
of solving problem
1. Understand the problem
2. Devise a plan
3. Carry out the plan
4. Looking back
 Question 1
• A carpenter wants to divide a log in 5 equal
pieces. How many cuts does he need to make?
 Question 2
• There are 2 plates of cookies on a table. There
are 3 cookies on each plate. How many
cookies are there in all?
 Question 3
• Maimunah has 5 red balloons. Lily has 4 blue
balloons. How many balloons do they have in
all?
 Question 4
• Paul Smith had 8 grapes in his lunch box. He
ate 5 of them. How many grapes are left?
 Question 5
• There are 2 shelves in the classroom. Each
shelf has 7 books on it. How many books are
there in all?
 Question 6
• A frog is at the bottom of a 10-meter well.
Each day he climbs up 3 meters. Each night he
slides down 1 meter. On what day will he
reach the top of the well and escape?
Thanks For Your Attention
 References
• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/problem-
solving/48931.html
• http://www.thesingaporemaths.com/stratf.html
• http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?
keywords=draw+a+picture+to+solve+a+math+proble
m&media=worksheets
• http://www.blurtit.com/q1602290.html