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Contributor: Sharon Hamilton. Lesson ID: 10773
Got a hard math problem bouncing around inside your head? Get out a pencil and move it to paper! Drawing pictures can help you visualize and solve problems. We'll show you how with a video and colors!
Draw a picture or diagram! Get the problem out of your head and onto the paper. After reading a problem, take the data and create a picture or diagram with it. This takes problems that seem complex and makes them simpler!
Pictures do not need to be works of art.
They can be simple shapes to represent complex items from a problem.
For example:
Sharon is decorating a cake for Kevin's birthday. She decorated the top of a circular cake with a ring of 8 roses. In between each rose, she put 2 candles. How old is Kevin?
The tally marks (II) are the candles and the dots (•) are the roses. Kevin is 16 years old.
II • II • II • II • II • II • II • II
Watch this LearnZillion video lesson:
Interpret products by drawing pictures | LearnZillion
Now, continue on to the Got It? section to solve a brain teaser!
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