Problem Solving Quiz #1

It is the act of defining a problem; determining the cause of the problem; identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution; and implementing a solution.

• Problem Solving

• Solution

• Action

• Intervention

A famous mathematician whose major contribution is what has become known as the executive problem

solving process. He is considered as the father of modern problem solving

• Paulo Freire

• George Polya

• Carl Friedrich Gauss

• Albert Durer

Which of the following statements below that describes the third step of Polya’s problem solving process?

• This phase may involve analyzing the relationship between the given data and the unknown quantity.

• It involves in determining what the problem is seeking and what information and conditions are provided.

• It involves in following the solution procedure.

• If the initial plan is not correct, it may have to be modified or discarded and a new plan may have

  to be developed.

Devise a plan means to ______

• Be successful in solving a problem, you must understand it well.

• Analyze the problem with the goal of identifying a systematic method for solving the problem.

• Implement the plan of attack.

• Decide if the solution is reasonable.

When you check the reasonableness of an answer, you _________

• redo all of your calculations with a calculator.

• determine if the answer makes sense

• always draw a diagram

• always rework the problem from the beginning

Name Polya's 4-step process for problem solving.

What is 25% of 200

• 25

• 50

• 100

• 150

Which of the following strategies may be appropriate to use when the problem involved visual representation.

• Draw a picture

• Look for a pattern

• Use a variable

• Guess and check

Adam wants to make three waffles. He has a griddle iron that can hold at most two waffles at a time, and each side of a waffle takes three minutes to get cooked. What is the minimum amount of time that will take to cook all three waffles?

• 3 mins.

• 6 mins

• 9 mins.

• 12 mins.

In three years, Chad will be three times my present age. I will then be half as old as he. How old I am now?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 12