For this first problem of the week was about checkerboard squares. There was two questions we had to solve and answer. For question one we just had to answer how many squares there were in the checkerboard all together. We pretty much had to determine the different squares there are in the eight by eight checkerboard. There were two eight by eight heckerboards. The was mainly the point of the problems in this POW.
At first I didn’t know how to approach this problem. I was a little confused, so I didn’t get it for a while. I of course asked my table group members for help. When they explained it to me I still didn’t exactly get it. I was unsure on how to even start. I read the questions and I went along with them. I wasn’t sure if I was doing it correctly. I started off by making many squares with in the the checkerboard. I would overlap them as well. I did as many as I could so. After I did this I would write down how many squares I made. I made nine squares. Each square would be three by three. I made different squares because when my table partner would explain to me what to do she would tell me to draw squares within the checkerboard. When I reread the problem I felt that what I've done was wrong because the question was telling you to count all of the squares all together. What I decided to do was then add the two checkerboard together. Each board had sixty-four little squares. When I added both 64’s I got 128. So I thought I had the answer for number one. I went on to number two. Number two told you to suppose that we had a different size checkerboard, that was not 8 by 8. We needed to determine what the total amount of squares there would be all together. If the board was either bigger or smaller there would obviously be a a lot more squares or less squares. It would depend what size the checkerboard would be because not all have the same number. I didn't get an exact number for this solution because I personally thought that everyone made as many squares, different amount of squares. So I came up with there would be either a big or smaller amount of numbers depending on the size of the checkerboard.
When I first saw this problem I thought it would be easy. I feel like I approached it differently than others. Unfortunately I didn't understand the problem as well as others did. I was confused weather we were supposed to count both checkerboards, make a certain amount of squares, I just didn't quite get it as I explained above. I could have approached it differently. I could've wrote down more ways I could work with this problem. I could've also asked more people for help instead of thinking I was going to understand it when I would be struggle.
A habits of mindmaticians that I used was starting small. I would approach the problem by see it in small parts then growing a little bigger. This problem was sorta confusing for me. Another habit is mindmatician would be collaborating. I say this because I would ask my group members how they saw this problem and how they approached it.
At first I didn’t know how to approach this problem. I was a little confused, so I didn’t get it for a while. I of course asked my table group members for help. When they explained it to me I still didn’t exactly get it. I was unsure on how to even start. I read the questions and I went along with them. I wasn’t sure if I was doing it correctly. I started off by making many squares with in the the checkerboard. I would overlap them as well. I did as many as I could so. After I did this I would write down how many squares I made. I made nine squares. Each square would be three by three. I made different squares because when my table partner would explain to me what to do she would tell me to draw squares within the checkerboard. When I reread the problem I felt that what I've done was wrong because the question was telling you to count all of the squares all together. What I decided to do was then add the two checkerboard together. Each board had sixty-four little squares. When I added both 64’s I got 128. So I thought I had the answer for number one. I went on to number two. Number two told you to suppose that we had a different size checkerboard, that was not 8 by 8. We needed to determine what the total amount of squares there would be all together. If the board was either bigger or smaller there would obviously be a a lot more squares or less squares. It would depend what size the checkerboard would be because not all have the same number. I didn't get an exact number for this solution because I personally thought that everyone made as many squares, different amount of squares. So I came up with there would be either a big or smaller amount of numbers depending on the size of the checkerboard.
When I first saw this problem I thought it would be easy. I feel like I approached it differently than others. Unfortunately I didn't understand the problem as well as others did. I was confused weather we were supposed to count both checkerboards, make a certain amount of squares, I just didn't quite get it as I explained above. I could have approached it differently. I could've wrote down more ways I could work with this problem. I could've also asked more people for help instead of thinking I was going to understand it when I would be struggle.
A habits of mindmaticians that I used was starting small. I would approach the problem by see it in small parts then growing a little bigger. This problem was sorta confusing for me. Another habit is mindmatician would be collaborating. I say this because I would ask my group members how they saw this problem and how they approached it.