The issue from the paperclip problem has continued. I still jump to conclusions with problems. In this packet that we received I did a pretty good job of solving most problems. That is shown in my grade but I think I could of done a better job with some of the problems in the packet. Most Problems were straight forward. For example, there we a lot of problems that told you to find the slope of given coordinates. For me that part was simple. There was one problem that stumped me. The prices for each size pizza went up based on the toppings. It went up to four toppings and then the prices stopped and remained the same even though toppings were getting added. At first I had no idea how to answer it. I was surprised because I did a lot of work to find out how much it cost for each topping, then it evens out and it says that's how much it really cost for the toppings. My first answer for the problem was, the price only goes up to four toppings because that's what most people buy and not many people get more than four toppings and if people want more they offer the same price. After thinking about it for awhile I didn't think that answer was right at all. I then did some research and found out that you can only have four toppings. That then led to my answer. Domino's doesn't offer more than four toppings so after four toppings the price doesn't continue to climb. It's not the same issue as the paperclip problem but I still jumped to conclusions. I made the mistake of jumping to conclusions. I have learned that I need to set a goal for myself to come up with a couple different answers and choose the best one based on what I think. I've grown by noticing a problem that I have and make a goal in order to fix it.
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AuthorI'm a 9th grade math student at HTH. Archives
December 2015
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