Webinar Recordings SET A for Grades 3-4-Webinar 4 Recording

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In this Math Kangaroo Level 3-4 webinar, the session focuses on problem-solving strategies using tables. Participants were guided through various math problems and encouraged to organize information using tables to find solutions effectively. The session began with a warm-up problem involving a scenario where Cassia gave her mother berries over five days, using a table to calculate the total. The main topic of the webinar was solving problems by making tables, demonstrating with examples such as dividing animals by the number of legs they have to find the number of lambs, or calculating the weight changes of a kangaroo over years. <br /><br />Participants also tackled problems such as determining the number of cabbages Peter Rabbit ate given certain eating habits and finding the maximum cookies baked on a specific day by organizing the totals using a table. The instructors emphasized the importance of organizing characteristics into categories when making tables and how this method helps solve problems efficiently, especially when dealing with multiple categories or characteristics. The session concluded with reminders that practice and applying various mathematical techniques like list-making, drawing, or working backwards can strengthen problem-solving skills for the Math Kangaroo contest and beyond.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

problem-solving

tables

math problems

organizing information

calculating totals

animals by legs

eating habits

maximum cookies

mathematical techniques