Pólya's Method · One Step at a Time

1 Understand read it twice before you write anything

Circle the numbers you will need. Cross out information you will not need.

2 Make a Plan check the strategy you will try first

Draw a picture Make a table Find a pattern Guess & check Work backward Write an equation

My plan, in my own words:

3 Carry It Out show every step - the work is the answer's proof

4 Look Back an answer isn't done until it makes sense

I reread the question My units make sense I checked my arithmetic

My answer, in a full sentence: