Joey opened a raffle ticket booth. Since he was the owner, he shared a random number of tickets with his five best friends. He was running out of tickets so he brought a copy machine which doubles the amount of tickets that he puts in. So he put one ticket inside the copy machine and doubled the number of tickets. Then he put random number of tickets inside the machine but it broke. So he lost all of his tickets. At the end, he had random amount of tickets and 8 extras. What is the random of tickets??~~?~?~?~??~
1) It does but at first it was a little hard to understand. It is functional. 2) It does make sense but it's a little confusing. use more clear words, instead of using the word random, use set amount of. 3) Dont use too much question and wave marks at the end. 4) The part when the printer broke, that was creative. 5) It was fun and creative
1. The word problem is functional but it is hard to understand. The equation we get is slightly different from the original. Maybe you guys can reword the story so that the equation is easier to figure out. 2. It's a bit confusing because of the copy machine. Maybe you can think of another vocabulary that fits with the story. 3. There a couple of grammar mistakes. The first one is at the end of the third sentence. It makes more sense if you add "it" after "in." There needs to be "a" after "put" in the fifth sentence. There also needs an "a" before "random" in the second to last sentence. Finally, there needs to be "number" after "random" in the last sentence. 4. The overall idea about the raffle ticket booth was creative. However, maybe it could be more creative by making it seem like a lottery. 5. A positive point about the story was that it was creative.
Does the story fit with the equation? Is it functional? Would you actually write this equation from this word story problem? Yes, the story fits the equation and it was also functional, but the whole word problem was too confusing.
Does it make sense, or is it a little confusing? Discuss what is not clear, and suggest improvements. It made sense in some ways, but it was confusing and hard to understand. I reckon they should use examples that are easier to explain.
Are there any grammatical mistakes? How should they be corrected? brought a copy machine - bought a copy machine What is the random of tickets - How many is the random number of tickets?
Is the story creative? How could it be made better? I think the story is creative enough if you think of the equation (it’s hard to make a good example out of this equation), but they could have done better if they made the story less confusing.
What are the positive points about the word problem? Even though this word problem was a bit confusing and hard to understand, the variables in the equation are clearly shown in the problem, which is a positive point about it.
(new problem) Mr. Jobe has two classes, A block and D block. He has 10 students in each class. He handed U amount of questions to each class. In Mr. Jobe's A block, 5 people did his homework. However, in Mr. Jobe's D block, the printer misprinted the homework so one question got cut off from his U amount of question. In his D block, only two people didn't do it. The total number of questions solved is equal to the U amount of questions and 8 questions. How many questions did Mr.Jobe hand to each class?
This word problem does not quite fit the equation. Here is why: According to your problem, you are taking A block's total number of completed questions, and then subtracting D block's total number of completed questions. That doesn't make any sense. In the way your word problem is written, you would be adding 3(u-1) since only two people didn't do it, not subtracting 2(u-1). So basically, your scenario does not work.
Here are some suggestions: I like the idea of one problem being taken off the page (u-1). But you're going to have to find a better way of subtracting two of these pages from the completed 5u problems. The way you have it set up does not quite make sense.
Another suggestion might be to rewrite the word problem, having U represent an amount of money. That's usually easier to write about, especially since you'll be subtracting a separate amount 2(u-1).
Two other points: Do not say U amount of questions. Let the reader figure out what the variable should represent. Say that Mr. Jobe gave them a certain amount of questions each.
Also, simply saying that the total number of questions solved is equal to the amount of questions plus eight is not very creative. It would be much better to make up a scenario that illustrates this.
Once upon a time, five families with "u" number of members went to a desert island to get ride of the busy society. When they arrived, two families decided to run around the island and discover. A few hours later, only two people came back to the rest of the crew. So rest of the people counted people one by one and that number equaled to a number of members in a family and eight people. Then, how many people are in each family?
Joey opened a raffle ticket booth. Since he was the owner, he shared a random number of tickets with his five best friends. He was running out of tickets so he brought a copy machine which doubles the amount of tickets that he puts in. So he put one ticket inside the copy machine and doubled the number of tickets. Then he put random number of tickets inside the machine but it broke. So he lost all of his tickets. At the end, he had random amount of tickets and 8 extras. What is the random of tickets??~~?~?~?~??~
ReplyDelete1) It does but at first it was a little hard to understand. It is functional.
ReplyDelete2) It does make sense but it's a little confusing. use more clear words, instead of using the word random, use set amount of.
3) Dont use too much question and wave marks at the end.
4) The part when the printer broke, that was creative.
5) It was fun and creative
1. The word problem is functional but it is hard to understand. The equation we get is slightly different from the original. Maybe you guys can reword the story so that the equation is easier to figure out.
ReplyDelete2. It's a bit confusing because of the copy machine. Maybe you can think of another vocabulary that fits with the story.
3. There a couple of grammar mistakes. The first one is at the end of the third sentence. It makes more sense if you add "it" after "in." There needs to be "a" after "put" in the fifth sentence. There also needs an "a" before "random" in the second to last sentence. Finally, there needs to be "number" after "random" in the last sentence.
4. The overall idea about the raffle ticket booth was creative. However, maybe it could be more creative by making it seem like a lottery.
5. A positive point about the story was that it was creative.
Does the story fit with the equation? Is it functional? Would you actually write this equation from this word story problem? Yes, the story fits the equation and it was also functional, but the whole word problem was too confusing.
ReplyDeleteDoes it make sense, or is it a little confusing? Discuss what is not clear, and suggest improvements. It made sense in some ways, but it was confusing and hard to understand. I reckon they should use examples that are easier to explain.
Are there any grammatical mistakes? How should they be corrected?
brought a copy machine - bought a copy machine
What is the random of tickets - How many is the random number of tickets?
Is the story creative? How could it be made better? I think the story is creative enough if you think of the equation (it’s hard to make a good example out of this equation), but they could have done better if they made the story less confusing.
What are the positive points about the word problem? Even though this word problem was a bit confusing and hard to understand, the variables in the equation are clearly shown in the problem, which is a positive point about it.
(new problem)
ReplyDeleteMr. Jobe has two classes, A block and D block. He has 10 students in each class. He handed U amount of questions to each class. In Mr. Jobe's A block, 5 people did his homework. However, in Mr. Jobe's D block, the printer misprinted the homework so one question got cut off from his U amount of question. In his D block, only two people didn't do it. The total number of questions solved is equal to the U amount of questions and 8 questions. How many questions did Mr.Jobe hand to each class?
This word problem does not quite fit the equation. Here is why: According to your problem, you are taking A block's total number of completed questions, and then subtracting D block's total number of completed questions. That doesn't make any sense. In the way your word problem is written, you would be adding 3(u-1) since only two people didn't do it, not subtracting 2(u-1). So basically, your scenario does not work.
ReplyDeleteHere are some suggestions: I like the idea of one problem being taken off the page (u-1). But you're going to have to find a better way of subtracting two of these pages from the completed 5u problems. The way you have it set up does not quite make sense.
Another suggestion might be to rewrite the word problem, having U represent an amount of money. That's usually easier to write about, especially since you'll be subtracting a separate amount 2(u-1).
Two other points:
Do not say U amount of questions. Let the reader figure out what the variable should represent. Say that Mr. Jobe gave them a certain amount of questions each.
Also, simply saying that the total number of questions solved is equal to the amount of questions plus eight is not very creative. It would be much better to make up a scenario that illustrates this.
Good luck revising!
Once upon a time, five families with "u" number of members went to a desert island to get ride of the busy society. When they arrived, two families decided to run around the island and discover. A few hours later, only two people came back to the rest of the crew. So rest of the people counted people one by one and that number equaled to a number of members in a family and eight people. Then, how many people are in each family?
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