Students have been working for the past week on reviewing previously learned topics, and also on problem solving. They have been looking at challenging problems, coming up with a strategy, and trying to implement their strategy to find a solution. These problems have also required students to work together cooperatively and share their ideas with one another. One problem that students enjoyed was this brain teaser. In this problem, a teacher is buying chocolate letters to spell the names of each of her students. Different letters cost different amounts, as some are more common than others. The names and prices for each student is given. The pre-algebra students looked at the information that was given, and noticed that a lot of the names were very similar. They used this information to create a plan to determine the cost of each letter. Working together, students were able to find out how much each letter costs, and they then calculated the total costs for their full names.
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