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Notes

Heuristics: Draw a Model

Model drawing is an effective strategy used to solve mathematical word problems.
It is a visual representation of the information in word problems using bar units.
Through drawing the models, you see better the relationships among the variables
given in the problem, therefore, enabling you to solve the problem.
Model drawing is a versatile strategy as it can be used to solve both simple and
challenging word problems. This strategy can be applied to simple arithmetic
word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It can
also be applied to word problems related to fractions, decimals, percentage and
ratio.
The use of models not only solves mathematical word problems but also trains
students to think in an algebraic manner, which uses symbols for representation.
Study the examples below.
Word Problem 1
James has 345 stickers. His brother, Jonathan, has 179 more stickers than him.
How many stickers does Jonathan have?
Jonathan 345 179

?
Using the bar units in a part-whole model, you can ‘see’ the number of stickers
that Jonathan has. This model clearly shows that you can add both parts to find
the total number of stickers.
Word Problem 2
Mandy has 3 postcards. Cedric has 4 times as many postcards as Mandy.
How many more postcards has Cedric than Mandy?
Mandy 3
Cedric 3 3 3 3

?
The comparison model shows the number of postcards Mandy and Cedric have.
In order to find how many more postcards Cedric has than Mandy, you have to
compare and then multiply.

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Do these questions on another piece of paper.

1. Below shows the number of pieces of clothing Mrs Robinson sewed

at a factory.
Number of days 1 3 6
Number of pieces 4 12 24
How many pieces of clothing did Mrs Robinson sew in 10 days?
2. Sam is 12 years old. His mother is thrice his age. His father is five years
older than his mother. How much older is Sam’s father than Sam?
3. Use numbers from 10 to 18 to make the sum of the numbers in
each vertical and horizontal line equal to the numbers in the shaded
boxes. Each number can only be used once.

41
42
43
43 42 41

4. Five minutes before recess, Jamie and Henry looked at their

watches. Jamie’s watch was five minutes faster than the recess
time. Henry’s watch was five minutes slower than the recess time.
If Jamie’s watch showed 9.50 am, what was the time shown on
Henry’s watch when he was looking at it?
5. + = 120
+ = 80
+ + + =
6. The product of two numbers is 50. The result of the division of the
two numbers is 2. What are the two numbers?
7. Christopher had a bottle of orange juice. He gave some orange
juice to his best friend. He then gave half of the remaining orange
juice to his neighbour. He was left with __​ 14​of the bottle of orange
juice. What fraction of the bottle of orange juice did Christopher
give to his best friend?
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8. Michael spent an hour watching cartoons followed by two hours
of nap and three hours of revision. If Michael completed his revision
at 10 pm, at what time had he started watching cartoons?
9. How many triangles are there in the figure shown below?
(Hint: The triangles need not be of the same size.)

10. Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

× = 32 + = 12

÷ = 2 – =

11. Winnie uses some matchsticks to form two squares as shown below.
Can you rearrange four matchsticks to form three rectangles?

12. George used 30 minutes to wash his father’s car. He used another
hour to mow the lawn. Thereafter, he used 20 minutes to bath. By
the time he stepped out of the bathroom, the hour hand pointed
to one and the minute hand pointed to four. Draw on the clock to
show the time he started to wash his father’s car.

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