Hay Bales Essay
Haybaler Problem
Problem Statement: We are trying to find the weight of 5 hay bales. The bales of hay were weighed in pairs. The weights of the pairs in kilograms, were
80,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,90,91. What are the weights of the individual bales? Is there an easier way to find the weights?” “ IS there more than one answer?”
Process: What our group is doing is the guess and check method. We labeled the hay bales by letters, including
A,B,C,D,E. We did this because it makes it easier to keep track of the bales one by one because you already have to keep track of so many numbers, “why add to the stress?”The guess and check method is pretty intermediate on the easy-hard scale depending on what the problem is that you are doing. We also tried giving …show more content…
A+C would represent (39+43=82),C represents 43 A+D=83, D represents 44, E represents 47 A+E= 86, B+C=
(41+43=84), B+D= (41+44=85), B+E= (41+47=88), next we did C+D= (43+44=87),C+E=(43+47=90), and
D+E=(44+47=91). After doing all these equations we found out that bale 1 weighs 39 kilograms, bale 2 weighs
41 kilograms, bale 3 weighs 43, bale 4 weighs 44, and bale 5 weighs 47 kilograms. We never proved that there were no other answers, but we checked a lot of numbers so no we never found another answer.
Problem Statement
Process
Solution
Self-Assessment
La
2/2
3/3
3/3
3/3
1/1
I got a 100% according to my rubric. It took us as honors kids so long because the guess and check method takes
FOREVER. That is in my opinion, I that is the method that
I learned the most. When I was in elementary we only checked over it a little bit so this year it took us over three weeks and him only a couple of hours because he was working on it non-stop and we only had 45 minutes for the
1 class in our first group. Then we had certain assemblies so that took some time as well plus we had to take some test as well. That’s why it took us so long as honors kids and it only took him 2
Problem Statement: We are trying to find the weight of 5 hay bales. The bales of hay were weighed in pairs. The weights of the pairs in kilograms, were
80,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,90,91. What are the weights of the individual bales? Is there an easier way to find the weights?” “ IS there more than one answer?”
Process: What our group is doing is the guess and check method. We labeled the hay bales by letters, including
A,B,C,D,E. We did this because it makes it easier to keep track of the bales one by one because you already have to keep track of so many numbers, “why add to the stress?”The guess and check method is pretty intermediate on the easy-hard scale depending on what the problem is that you are doing. We also tried giving …show more content…
A+C would represent (39+43=82),C represents 43 A+D=83, D represents 44, E represents 47 A+E= 86, B+C=
(41+43=84), B+D= (41+44=85), B+E= (41+47=88), next we did C+D= (43+44=87),C+E=(43+47=90), and
D+E=(44+47=91). After doing all these equations we found out that bale 1 weighs 39 kilograms, bale 2 weighs
41 kilograms, bale 3 weighs 43, bale 4 weighs 44, and bale 5 weighs 47 kilograms. We never proved that there were no other answers, but we checked a lot of numbers so no we never found another answer.
Problem Statement
Process
Solution
Self-Assessment
La
2/2
3/3
3/3
3/3
1/1
I got a 100% according to my rubric. It took us as honors kids so long because the guess and check method takes
FOREVER. That is in my opinion, I that is the method that
I learned the most. When I was in elementary we only checked over it a little bit so this year it took us over three weeks and him only a couple of hours because he was working on it non-stop and we only had 45 minutes for the
1 class in our first group. Then we had certain assemblies so that took some time as well plus we had to take some test as well. That’s why it took us so long as honors kids and it only took him 2