This problem solving activity has a number focus.
There is a special number in each of these envelopes.
When you get your envelope, open it and find out what your number is.
This number is the solution to a maths problem that YOU make up.
What is your problem?
Students are challenged to create their own number problems. This can require a deeper understanding than solving a given problem.
Some students may simply suggest an equation. Some may be able to confidently embed an equation in a story context, and other students might readily suggest contextual problems that involve several steps, or a range of operations.
This open problem has students use their imaginations to create word problems of their own and to apply the mathematics that they are learning. You can adjust the difficulty of the problem by changing the numbers you place inside the envelopes.
A series of similar Number problems span Levels 1 to 5. These problems are You Be The Teacher, Level 1; Make Up Your Own, Level 2; Invent-A-Problem, Level 3; and Create a Question, Level 4.
You may find that this serves as a useful assessment task.
There is a special number in each of these envelopes.
When you get your envelope, open it and find out what your number is. This number is the solution to a maths problem that YOU make up.
What is your problem?
There are many ways to have your students create their own problems for others to solve.
This is just one possible way to consider.
You can adjust the difficulty of the problem by changing the numbers you place inside the envelopes.
The problem is same. Use different numbers.
The solutions will depend on your class.
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