As a class, we will decide on a central question to work on.
Make three smart guesses to answer the central question:
a guess too low, a guess too high, and a guess in the middle.
Place your guesses on the number line.
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What information is necessary in order to answer our central question? What information is provided in this picture? What tools might you need to solve the problem? What strategies might you use? Solve to answer the central question. | It would take 1,100 pictures like the one above to show all of the houses that were damaged. About how many houses are in the picture? |
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What would have helped you achieve a more accurate estimate?
Fix them.
How might you avoid such a mistake in the future?
Explain your work to someone else? Did s/he do the work differently?
Can you explain the process using the other person's methods?