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Group B	Thoughts from Red Deer Lake & Dr. Gibson Students	Responses from Millarville Students
Go to Discussion A Go to Discussion C Go to Discussion D	The first thing that we are going to do is change the square metres to acres but we don't know how to do that. We just think that the number would be smaller because we know that acres are bigger. We are going to have to learn some Math so we know what to do.	If you use grid paper then you can change the square metres to acres once you find out how many square metres there are in an acre. You can find this information on the internet just look for metric conversion.
Return to Math Question Return to Home Page	Does the land have to be square or can it be a different shape? We think that square metres can be any shape. We think that you could find the area of a square or a rectangle or a triangle so therefore we think that is could be any shape.	It can be any shape that you want it to be. You can have rectangles, triangles, square and even a circle and still get square metres. Area can be calculated with different shapes. Some are easier than others at least that is what we found out.
	We think that the math problem is hard because we can not picture it. It is not like the math questions that we usually do. Even though it is hard there is still a lot to talk about even if we don't know how to do Math.	Draw a picture of the problem on paper and then you can picture the question. You don't have to have it exactly correct the first time that you draw it. You are just putting the words into pictures so that you can see the Math.
	We think that the math problem is weird because it is not a normal question. A normal question math problem questions you would be able to find the numbers and then you just solve it something like this (4+33=37).	This question is still a math question because you are still talking about the strategies that you are going to use and then you will get to calculating and using adding and subtracting and dividing but you should not start there.
	We think that we will have to draw a picture of the "question" so that we can understand what the "question" really is asking.	This is a very good idea. Just draw it doesn't have to look like what you are finally going to plan it is just a picture of what the question is asking.
	We are thinking about putting all of the houses on one side of the river and then we could leave the other side natural. We would have a bridge across the river so the people could get from one side to the other side.	We are wondering why you are thinking of putting in a park. We wonder if you plan to have only the people who live across the river use the park or is it for anyone who wants to come to the land? This could be really noisy for the people who live there.
	We know that the farmer wants to keep the forest, the river and half of his land but which part of his land is 1/2?	You can make the 1/2 be any where you want it to be. It might be easier for you to think of the 1 /2 as all one piece of land but it doesn't have to be that way.
	We are wondering if we should just develop one side of the river and call that 1/2 of the land?We will have to use trial and error to solve this math problem.