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Problem-Solving Using Polya's Strategy

The document outlines a series of mathematical and logical problems that require the application of Polya's problem-solving strategy. It includes a variety of challenges such as cracking codes, solving age-related puzzles, determining seating arrangements, and calculating distances. The instruction is to choose at least ten problems from the list and submit the solutions in a portable document format.

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Problem-Solving Using Polya's Strategy

The document outlines a series of mathematical and logical problems that require the application of Polya's problem-solving strategy. It includes a variety of challenges such as cracking codes, solving age-related puzzles, determining seating arrangements, and calculating distances. The instruction is to choose at least ten problems from the list and submit the solutions in a portable document format.

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SOLVING PATTERN AND RECREATIONAL PROBLEMS

USING POLYA’S PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY

Instruction: Choose ATLEAST TEN (10) problems from the given list. Solve each by
applying Polya’s problem-solving strategy. Submit your work in portable document format
file.

1. In order to win the grand prize, Harman Salon has to crack this secret code. Given the clues,
help Harman win by cracking this code:

8 3 6 5

a. The third digit is greater than the second digit


b. The difference between the third and fourth digits is 3
c. When the sum of all the numbers is divided by 5, it has a remainder of 3
d. When the sum of all the numbers is divided by 6, it has a remainder of 3

2. In order to encourage his son to study in his Mathematics subject, a father promised the son
ten pesos for every problem solved correctly and to fine him five pesos for each incorrect
solution. After 30 problems, neither owed anything to the other. How many problems did the
boy solved correctly?

3. Find which digit is equivalent by each of the letters so that the addition is correct.

B A S E
+ B A L L
G A M E S

4. Create mathematical expressions that use exactly four 4s and that simplify to a counting
number from 1 to 10. You are allowed to use any mathematical connectives for this purpose.
4 4
Example: + = 2, 4(4−4) + 4 = 5
4 4

5. Nothing is known about the personal life of the ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus
1
except for the information in the following epigram. “Diophantus passed 6 of his life in
1 1
childhood, in youth, more as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage was born a son
12 7
1
who died four years before his father, at 2
his father’s (final) age. How old was Diophantus
when he died?
6. The product of the ages, in years, of three teenagers is 4590. None of the teens are the same
age. What are the ages of the teenagers?

7. Each of four siblings (Lazarus, Mary, Martha, and Magdalene) bought four different cars. One
chooses a Honda, a Mitsubishi, a Toyota, and a Suzuki car. From the following clues,
determine which sibling bought which car.
a. Lazarus, living alone, stays next door to his sister who bought the Honda car
and a very far from his sister who bought the Suzuki car.
b. Mary, also living alone, is younger that the one who bought the Mitsubishi car
and older than her sibling who bought the Toyota car.
c. Martha did not like Toyota and Suzuki cars. But she and her sibling, who bought
the Toyota car, live in the same house.

8. Starting from his house, Matteo cycled the following path: 3 km North, 4 km East, 3 km North,
10 km West, 2 km North, 7 km West, 9 km South, 12 km East, and finally 3 km North. How
far was Zack from his house when he completed the above journey?

9. Sarah Geronimo’s 36th birthday fell on Thursday, July 25, 2024. On what day of the week
does Sarah’s birthday fall in 2030? (Use calendar to check your answer.)

10. There are 30 students in grade one, 50 students in grade two and 90 students in grade three
in a primary school, and so on forming a sequence. What’s the total number of students from
grade one to senior high?

11. A dark neon light blinks every 4 seconds. A light one blinks every 5 seconds while a white
one blinks every 6 seconds. How many times do they blink together in 2 hours?

12. Suppose the UAAP basketball championships is decided on a best of five series game. In
how many different ways can a team win in the championships?

13. Kathryn is a teacher and her cousins are an engineer, an architect, and a nurse. All of them
sit around a table. Kathryn sits on Daniel’s left. Belle sits at the engineer’s right. Donny, who
faces Daniel, is not the architect. Determine the seating arrangement of the cousins.

14. Watch “Can you solve Einstein’s Riddle – Dan Van der Vieren.mp4”.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDVz_Fb6HQ) Here are the clues:
a. The Brit lives in the house with the red walls.
b. The Swede has a dog.
c. The Dane drinks tea.
d. The house with green walls is directly to the left of the house with white walls.
e. The owner of the house with green walls drinks coffee.
f. The person who smokes Pall Mall cigars owns a bird.
g. The owner of the house with yellow walls smokes Dunhill.
h. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
i. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
j. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the cat owner.
k. The horse’s owner lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
l. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks root beer.
m. The German smokes Prince.
n. The Norwegian lives next to the house with blue walls.
o. The man who smokes Blends has a next-door neighbor who drinks water.

The Big Question: Who stole the fish?

15. How many squares of all sizes are in an 8x8 checkerboard?

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