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POW
Comp - 16
Due Date
Date submitted
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A strange virus has broken out aboard SeaLab I: the 6 member crew has been under water so
long now that some of the crew are beginning to take on the characteristics of fish. Two
members show up at breakfast with gills just below their ears, showing that they had just
“caught” the virus. The crew must return at once to prevent further outbreak. Their only
way out is with a two-person submarine. It is important that neither of the crew members
with the virus ride with any member that doesn’t have the virus. No one may swim and
someone must always be driving the two-person submarine. What is the fewest trips that
must be made in the submarine so that no one else begins to look fishy?
Please attach all scratch work to your final
copy. All work should be on another sheet
of paper. Always write in COMPLETE
sentences!
PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES
Make an organized list
Make a picture or diagram
Use or look for a pattern
Use or make a table
Brainstorm
Guess and check
Work backwards
Make it simpler
Act out or use objects
“Algebra” may not be used as a strategy.
ALL submitted work must be in your
writing or typed on a computer. You must
be able to explain all work on your POW.
Remember, the main idea behind these
problems is to be able to explain the
process involved in problem solving, not
only to get a “correct answer.”
1. STATEMENT:
In your OWN WORDS restate the problem providing enough details to solve the problem.
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2. PROCEDURE:
a. Solve the problem, then EXPLAIN step by step how you found the solution. Provide DETAILS!!!
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b. Show ALL your work, steps, drawings or tables. Label and organize all work on your final copy.
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c. Name the main strategy that you used to solve this POW. Why?
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d. Name one strategy that would not work to solve this POW. Why?
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3. CONCLUSION: a. What is your answer?
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b. Could there be other CORRECT answers to this same problem?
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c. What 6th grade (or higher) math related concept did this POW teach you or reinforce that can be
used for future problems?
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