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Curriculum Inspirations: Pencil Prices

Resource Katharine Kosin

James Tanton takes viewers through this question from the 2011 MAA AMC 10a Competition. Appropriate for the 10th grade level, this question covers Algebra.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS): A-SSE.2; 7.G.4

Read the Curriculum Burst essay that goes with this question here: Pencil Prices

This video demonstrates problem-solving strategy #8: Second-Guess the Author

Curriculum Inspirations is a multimedia experience for the middle-school and high-school communities. Math teachers can use these classroom supplements below for classroom warm-ups, extra credit, asynchronous brainstorming, and finals review.

Find more Curriculum Inspiration videos and other resources for the MAA AMC here.