There were six hungry chickens in the barn. Four of them found an unknown amount of grains in the corner, and ran away with the grains. Half of the chickens died because they couldn’t find any grain. How many grains were left in the barn afterwards?
1.) Does the story fit with the equation? Is it functional? Would you actually write this equation from this word story problem? The story does not fit with the equation. It does not seem functional. I wouldn’t actually write this equation from this word story problem.
2) Does it make sense, or is it a little confusing? Discuss what is not clear, and suggest improvements. It does not make sense. The grain and chickens seem to represent the same variable. If half of the chickens died, it will be 3 chickens but 4 chickens ate the grain so this word problem does not work. They should correct these mistakes.
3) Are there any grammatical mistakes? How should they be corrected? Grains are not grammatical correct. It should be “grain”
4) Is the story creative? How could it be made better? The story is creative, but it could be made better by editing the mistakes.
What are the positive points about the word problem? overall, it was pretty creative.
We believe that your story problem does not support the equation written above. First of all, the equation only says that the number of chickens were divided by half, but not 4y. Also, it was confusing when you did not state that "Half of the chickens died because they couldn't find any grain" happened afterwards. Anyways, nice work. We liked your idea about the "hungry chickens". But we also believe that you need to rewrite your equation over again.
We agree with the group above. It is a good story, we like it, but it does not correctly represent the equation. The story itself was entertaining and creative. Just make sure you fix the word problem.
There were six loaves of bread on the kitchen table, baked by a baker. When the baker went outside to get some fresh air, he noticed that four breads had disappeared. He found out that four breads disappeared every time he went out to get some fresh air. When the baker later went to town to get some more flour and came back, the number of breads on the kitchen table had been decreased by half. The total number of bread left on the table at the end of the day was now equal to the number of times he went out to get some fresh air. How many breads were left by the end of the day?
There were six hungry chickens in the barn. Four of them found an unknown amount of grains in the corner, and ran away with the grains. Half of the chickens died because they couldn’t find any grain. How many grains were left in the barn afterwards?
ReplyDelete1.) Does the story fit with the equation? Is it functional? Would you actually write this equation from this word story problem?
DeleteThe story does not fit with the equation. It does not seem functional. I wouldn’t actually write this equation from this word story problem.
2) Does it make sense, or is it a little confusing? Discuss what is not clear, and suggest improvements.
It does not make sense. The grain and chickens seem to represent the same variable. If half of the chickens died, it will be 3 chickens but 4 chickens ate the grain so this word problem does not work.
They should correct these mistakes.
3) Are there any grammatical mistakes? How should they be corrected?
Grains are not grammatical correct. It should be “grain”
4) Is the story creative? How could it be made better?
The story is creative, but it could be made better by editing the mistakes.
What are the positive points about the word problem?
overall, it was pretty creative.
We believe that your story problem does not support the equation written above. First of all, the equation only says that the number of chickens were divided by half, but not 4y. Also, it was confusing when you did not state that "Half of the chickens died because they couldn't find any grain" happened afterwards. Anyways, nice work. We liked your idea about the "hungry chickens". But we also believe that you need to rewrite your equation over again.
ReplyDeleteWe agree with the group above. It is a good story, we like it, but it does not correctly represent the equation. The story itself was entertaining and creative. Just make sure you fix the word problem.
ReplyDeleteThere were six loaves of bread on the kitchen table, baked by a baker. When the baker went outside to get some fresh air, he noticed that four breads had disappeared. He found out that four breads disappeared every time he went out to get some fresh air. When the baker later went to town to get some more flour and came back, the number of breads on the kitchen table had been decreased by half. The total number of bread left on the table at the end of the day was now equal to the number of times he went out to get some fresh air. How many breads were left by the end of the day?
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