Coin Counting

Prologue - Standards and Mathematical Practices

A-REI.10    A-REI.11    
 A-CED.2   
MP.1   MP.2  MP.3  MP.4  MP.5  MP.6  MP.8

ACT ONE

 

1.  How many pennies and how many nickels are there?
2.  What's your best guess right now?
3.  What is a guess that you know is too high?
4.  What is a guess that you know is too low?

ACT TWO

ACT THREE

Demonstrate your understanding by graphing this event and demonstrating where on your graph your solution is.

 

SEQUEL A

SEQUEL B

The pictures, video and idea for this problem were the handy work of Reese McLean.