You can do I Wonder about the Scrabble Problem

Peter- What letters are used for the blanks.

Nick- Why are there more of certain letters then another.

Luke- I wonder why there is two blanks.

Jonathan- I wonder why there are blanks that are not filled with letters.

Mikayla- I wonder how many total blocks there are.

Danny - I wonder why the two I's are indistingiushble in number 3.




I notice about the scrabble problem.

Peter- There are 9 As

Nick- There are 6 Ts

Luke- I notice that there are two people playing at one game.

Jonathan- I notice that vowels are included.

Mikayla- I notice that Jenifer picks an E and that there are 12 total Es.

Danny - There are 12 E's.



You can do I Notice about the game problem on math counts 1/25

Luke-I notice that the contestants can only spin twice in one turn.

Danny - I notice that the highest possible sum is 100.

Jonathan- I notice that the 3 contestants have a chance to spin a wheel up to two times in a row to try to get the highest possible sum.

Mikayla- I noticed that their was all multiples of five, then 1, as the numbers on the wheel.

Rachel - I noticed that the 21 sections are multiples of 5.










I wonder about the Game Problem on Mathcounts 1/25

Luke-I wonder if it was random that Abigale goes first.

Danny - I wonder when Yanni has her turn.

Jonathan- I wonder why the wheel that they spin is divided into 21 equal parts.

Mikayla- I wonder if how many numbers are a multiple of 4.

Rachel - I wonder why there are 21 sections.


I Notice
It was the start of a new millennium
We are talking about a millennium
That she finished reading on March 31, 2005
Nora needs more exercise.
She will exersize 4 times out of the 7 day period.
She will do a 45 minute workout 4 out of 7 days.
That Nora will do a 45 minute workout



I Wonder
What is a millennium
What the sum of 12/31/99
How many leap years there are
I wonder what day of the year Peitlyn decided to do that resolution.
If she sticks to her resolution.
What date she will reach 25 hours.
If she will have to change the 4 out of 7 days and make it 5 or 6 days out of the 7.
If leap years will naffect thye time


Here we will keep a record of the Building Skills and Problem Strategies used for the mathcounts problems.
Please look look at the mathcounts problems posted on the summer portal. Pick one that you looked at and tell us why you decided not to do this problem. What did you not understand about the problem? What given fact given confused you? What skill or vocabulary word did you feel you did not know in order to solve this problem? What question could you ask to help you interpret this problem or solve it?
Barbecue June 1, 2009
1.Danny - I looked at the problem and I saw that it wanted you to figure out how much lemon juice was left and then for the other question it was really confusing was how to play some yard game and it just looked really hard. I decided not to do it.
2. Mikayla- I saw what they wanted you to do in the question, things with Percents. I'm not good at them so I moved on.
Grades June 8, 2009
Yard Work June 15, 2009
3.Grace- I got kind of confused on what I was supposed to do to find the answer so i picked a different one
4.Kristine- I looked at the first problem and I didn't really get it . I could have asked what they were looking for in the problem but I just moved on.
Ice Cream Shoppe June 22, 2009
The Last Week of June June 29, 2009
Fireworks July 06, 2009
Happy Cow Day July 13, 2009
Quidditch July 20, 2009
5.Jonathan-I looked at the problem and decided to do something else when I couldn't get the answer.
Man On The Moon July 27, 2009
Cash for Clunkers August 3, 2009
6.Peter- I got confused on how to find the answer I was looking for
Patterns August 10, 2009Tent Geometry August 17, 2009
National Dog Day August 24, 2009
7.Jacob- I got confused on this problem because I could't tell what rectangle was the yard.
Student Height August 31, 2009
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