Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics

This book introduces ten problem-solving strategies by first presenting the strategy and then applying it to problems in elementary mathematics. In doing so, first the common approach is shown, and then a more elegant strategy is provided. Elementary mathematics is used so that the reader can focus on the strategy and not be distracted by some more sophisticated mathematics.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Working Backwards; Adopting a Different Point of View; Finding a Pattern; Solving a Simpler Analogous Problem; Accounting for All Possibilities; Considering Extreme Cases; Making a Drawing; Intelligent Guessing and Testing; Accounting for all Possibilities; Organizing Data; Logical Reasoning;

Product details

• Authors: Alfred S Posamentier & Stephen Krulik, Stephen Krulik, Alfred S Posamentier, Alfred S. Posamentier
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9789814651639
• ISBN: 978-981-4651-63-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 282 g
• Series: Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond; Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond; Problem Solving in Mathematics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Basic principles