Problem Solving

We have been learning about the different ways that you can solve problems in maths. We talked about the following methods:

• draw a picture
• act it out or use materials
• make a table or chart
• guess, check and improve your answer

The problem we needed to solve today involved a repeating colour pattern. We needed to work out the last colour in the sequence and how many of a particular colour would appear in the pattern. 

Most of us used some of the classroom equipment to create the pattern. 

Some of us wrote it out in words.

We were very successful because we were able to work out the correct answers and explain how we solved the problem.