Tag Archives: DOK 3: Strategic Thinking

Directions: Using the integers -9 to 9 at most one time each, place an integer in each box to create a polynomial with the least amount of terms. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the integers -9 to 9 at most one time each, place an integer in each box to make a value that is as close to zero as possible without being exactly 0. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the integers -9 to 9 at most one time each, place an integer in each box to make the least possible value. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the integers -8 to 8 at most one time each, place an integer in each box to make the greatest possible value. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the digits 1 to 9 at most one time each, place a digit in each box so that the function has the greatest possible value. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the integers -9 to 9 at most one time each, fill in the boxes to make a real number product with the greatest possible value. Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the integers -9 to 9 at most one time each, place a digit in each box to create endpoints for the longest possible line segment whose midpoint is (1, 3). Source: Robert Kaplinsky in Open Middle Math

Directions: Using the digits 1-9 only once, create two factors that will result in a product as close to 10,000, without going over. Source: Danielle McNichol

Directions: Using the digits 1 to 9 exactly one time each, place a digit in each box to make the difference as close to 200 as possible. Source: Tara Trifiletti and Jessica Goree

Directions: Use the numbers 1-9 at most once each to make this a true subtraction equation. What is the greatest difference? What is the least difference? Source: Ellen Metzger