The ticket for the Disneyland was 18 dollars and it was discounted two times because of the two different cards he used. The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card. However, since there were 3 people, the discount had to be divided by 3. If they payed 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?
This story does fit with the equation, and we could write this equation from its story after a lot of thinking. The story is a little confusing at the sentence "The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card.", because talking about two different cards makes the person trying to work out the problem think about two different variables. The first sentence makes complete sense, which is great. But it would be good if David and Grace came up with a better way to explain that one dollar was not discounted. For example, they could say that the entire discount discounted one less dollar because of a certain event, which would make the person solving the problem realize that there were indeed two cards, but the discount was just 2x in this equation. The last sentence would have to be changed so that the problem asked "How much was the discount for one card?". There are no grammatical mistakes, which is also good. The story is very creative, and it fits with the equation nicely. We think that there is no better way to make this story more creative. Everything is great about this word problem except for that second sentence. Dividing the discount by 3 due to three people going to Disneyland was a good way to explain that (2x-1)/3. And since the first part of the equation, 18 - (2x-1)/3, was the price for one ticket, it made sense that the group would pay 5 dollars for each person. Overall, Sarah and Daniel thought that this was a good and creative word problem that fit nicely with the equation.
This story fit the equation well and it is functional which will make it easy to write this equation from this word story problem. Christina and I think the problem has one confusing part with “The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card.” It is because this sentence might confuse the problem solvers that there is two variables. There are only two grammatical mistakes made in this word problem. “The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card” should be corrected as “The first card discounts one less dollar than the second card”. “If they payed 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?” should be corrected as “If they paid 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?”. The story could be creative when you add a person’s name in the story or perhaps the name of a ride the character will be riding in Disney Land. The positive point about this word problem is that the problem tells the problem solvers the equation we need to solve. The problem is easy to understand and not vague.
David Sun and Grace Lee’s word problem did fit with the following equation and didn’t have any grammatical errors. However, it was really complicated and confusing when we first read the word problem. In order to write this equation from the story we need a lot of time and effort. Also, when we first read this word problem, we thought that there were two variables throughout the story but knew that there was one variable after few minutes past. We thought that two cards represent two variables. We liked the way you wrote the first sentence difficultly because then this story will need some time to solve for unknown value which is really good. However, the second sentence, it will be much better if you write about only one card which will make the sentence much easier to understand for better quality. We loved the way you wrote the word problem because it was creative enough and this does fits well with the following equation too. Moreover, this word problem will be good for preparing for the test and this will be a challenge problem which will help students to overcome their limitations.
We think the story does make sense but it was kind of complicated and hard to make the equation out of the word problem. The part that was kind of confusing was in the second sentence when you mentioned about the discounts of the 2 cards because it was hard to set up a formula for it. We think you did a good job explaining the 3 person thing because you actually explained that you need to divide by 3 and thanks to that it was a lot easier solving and setting up the equation. There were no grammar mistakes in the story. We think the story was very creative and we think you should keep the idea same but change the words a little bit. The good part was that you explain the little details of the story so we could understand better. We think this will be a good test question because is kind of challenging and is covering many materials in the equation.
Three friends decided to go on a trip to Disneyland. One ticket for the Disneyland admission was 18 dollars and it was discounted two times because of the two different cards they used. The first card discounted one dollar less than the second card. However, since there were 3 people, the discount had to be divided by 3. If they paid 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?
The ticket for the Disneyland was 18 dollars and it was discounted two times because of the two different cards he used. The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card. However, since there were 3 people, the discount had to be divided by 3. If they payed 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?
ReplyDeleteThis story does fit with the equation, and we could write this equation from its story after a lot of thinking. The story is a little confusing at the sentence "The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card.", because talking about two different cards makes the person trying to work out the problem think about two different variables. The first sentence makes complete sense, which is great. But it would be good if David and Grace came up with a better way to explain that one dollar was not discounted. For example, they could say that the entire discount discounted one less dollar because of a certain event, which would make the person solving the problem realize that there were indeed two cards, but the discount was just 2x in this equation. The last sentence would have to be changed so that the problem asked "How much was the discount for one card?". There are no grammatical mistakes, which is also good. The story is very creative, and it fits with the equation nicely. We think that there is no better way to make this story more creative. Everything is great about this word problem except for that second sentence. Dividing the discount by 3 due to three people going to Disneyland was a good way to explain that (2x-1)/3. And since the first part of the equation, 18 - (2x-1)/3, was the price for one ticket, it made sense that the group would pay 5 dollars for each person. Overall, Sarah and Daniel thought that this was a good and creative word problem that fit nicely with the equation.
ReplyDeleteThis story fit the equation well and it is functional which will make it easy to write this equation from this word story problem. Christina and I think the problem has one confusing part with “The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card.” It is because this sentence might confuse the problem solvers that there is two variables. There are only two grammatical mistakes made in this word problem. “The first card discounted one less dollar than the second card” should be corrected as “The first card discounts one less dollar than the second card”. “If they payed 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?” should be corrected as “If they paid 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?”. The story could be creative when you add a person’s name in the story or perhaps the name of a ride the character will be riding in Disney Land. The positive point about this word problem is that the problem tells the problem solvers the equation we need to solve. The problem is easy to understand and not vague.
ReplyDeleteDavid Sun and Grace Lee’s word problem did fit with the following equation and didn’t have any grammatical errors. However, it was really complicated and confusing when we first read the word problem. In order to write this equation from the story we need a lot of time and effort. Also, when we first read this word problem, we thought that there were two variables throughout the story but knew that there was one variable after few minutes past. We thought that two cards represent two variables. We liked the way you wrote the first sentence difficultly because then this story will need some time to solve for unknown value which is really good. However, the second sentence, it will be much better if you write about only one card which will make the sentence much easier to understand for better quality. We loved the way you wrote the word problem because it was creative enough and this does fits well with the following equation too. Moreover, this word problem will be good for preparing for the test and this will be a challenge problem which will help students to overcome their limitations.
ReplyDeleteWe think the story does make sense but it was kind of complicated and hard to make the equation out of the word problem. The part that was kind of confusing was in the second sentence when you mentioned about the discounts of the 2 cards because it was hard to set up a formula for it. We think you did a good job explaining the 3 person thing because you actually explained that you need to divide by 3 and thanks to that it was a lot easier solving and setting up the equation. There were no grammar mistakes in the story. We think the story was very creative and we think you should keep the idea same but change the words a little bit. The good part was that you explain the little details of the story so we could understand better. We think this will be a good test question because is kind of challenging and is covering many materials in the equation.
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ReplyDeleteThree friends decided to go on a trip to Disneyland. One ticket for the Disneyland admission was 18 dollars and it was discounted two times because of the two different cards they used. The first card discounted one dollar less than the second card. However, since there were 3 people, the discount had to be divided by 3. If they paid 5 dollars for each person, how much was the discount for second card(the bigger discount)?