Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Thought-provoking Activity in Relation to Algebra


This morning, our Math teacher gave us a question that kept our brains thinking. This was the question:

On a farm there were some hens and some sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?

It took us a few minutes to discuss with our groups and come up with the answer. Since there were 8 heads, there had to be 8 animals. But how many of each? Then we put down how many feet a hen had and also a sheep. And we had to get 8 animals. So we figured out, it was 5 hens and 3 sheep. It was a very nice thought-provoking activity.


Manya 6F


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