Part-Part-Whole Method and Sums

The video tutorial teaches students how to break apart a word problem to determine what it is asking. It uses a scenario where Miss Adena orders pizzas, and students need to find out how many were ordered based on the number eaten and left over. The tutorial introduces the concept of a 'start unknown' problem and demonstrates the part-part-whole method to solve it. Students are encouraged to use different strategies to combine the parts and find the total number of pizzas ordered.

What is the first step in understanding a word problem?

• Guess the answer

• Break apart the problem

• Ignore the details

• Ask someone else

In Miss Adena's problem, what is the unknown we are trying to find?

• Number of pizzas left

• Number of pizzas ordered

• Number of students

• Number of pizzas eaten

What type of problem is Miss Adena's pizza problem classified as?

• Part unknown

• Start unknown

• Middle unknown

• End unknown

How many pizzas did the students eat?

• 84

• 53

• 137

• 100

How many pizzas were left over at the end of the day?

• 137

• 53

• 84

• 100

What method is introduced to help visualize the problem?

• Part-Part-Whole method

• Subtraction method

• Multiplication method

• Division method

What is the purpose of the part-part-whole method?

• To skip the problem

• To confuse students

• To visualize and solve the problem

• To make the problem harder

What are the two parts in the part-part-whole method for this problem?

• 53 and 84

• 84 and 137

• 53 and 137

• 137 and 84

What is the total number of pizzas Miss Adena ordered?

• 100

• 137

• 53

• 84

Which of the following is a method to solve the problem?

• Ignoring the problem

• Guessing

• Traditional algorithm

• Asking a friend