1) What strategies did you utilize to come to a solution?
2) What do you notice about your solution?
3) Could you predict how many weights it would take to balance whole number to 100? 1000? 1,000,000?
Questions to Consider
1) What strategies did you utilize to come to a solution?
2) What do you notice about your solution?
3) Could you predict how many weights it would take to balance whole number to 100? 1000? 1,000,000?
Questions to Consider
1) What strategies did you utilize to come to a solution?
2) What if the number of coins was increased to 11 with a twelfth coin being counterfeit. Could you still determine which coin was the counterfeit in two weighings? If not, how many weighings would it take?