Teacher: How did you decide to start solving
Question 2A?
Jackie: I think it's 12 eyes.
Teacher: How did you decide to start solving
Question 2A?
Maria: I knew that there were 16 cats and she could feed
3 cats at each bowl.
Teacher: What did you need to find out?
Maria: I needed to find out how many bowls she would need.
Teacher: How did you solve it?
Maria: First, I drew 16 circles.
Teacher: What do the circles represent?
Maria: The circles are the cats.
Teacher: What did you do next?
Maria: I drew a box around every 3 circles.
Teacher: Why did you draw a box around every
3 circles?
Maria: Because I knew that she could feed 3 cats at every
bowl. The boxes stand for the bowls.
Teacher: Great! What was your answer?
Maria: I drew 6 boxes but the last box only had
1 cat.
Teacher: What do the boxes around the circles represent?
Maria: There were 5 bowls with 3 cats but the last cat
wouldn't fit anywhere, so I had to put it in a box by
itself.
Teacher: Now let's go to Question 2B. Would she have
room at the bowls for any more cats?
Jerome: Well, Maria just said that the last bowl had only
1 cat, so there's room for 2 more cats at that bowl.
Teacher: Nice thinking, Jerome!
