Understand
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
Problem #1 You re a bus driver! This is your very first problem. Pay very close attention and try to solve it. You are a bus driver in a small city. On your first stop of the morning, you pick up 25 riders at $1.00 fare each. On Second Street, you drop off 11 passengers and pick up another 28 at the same fare. Near Church Street, you drop off another 19 passengers while picking up 16 senior citizens at a reduced fare of $.75. Finally, at Main Street, you drop off the remaining passengers and deposit your fares at the bank. Question: How old is the bus driver? _________________
Problem #1 You re a bus driver! This is your very first problem. Pay very close attention and try to solve it. You are a bus driver in a small city. On your first stop of the morning, you pick up 25 riders at $1.00 fare each. On Second Street, you drop off 11 passengers and pick up another 28 at the same fare. Near Church Street, you drop off another 19 passengers while picking up 16 senior citizens at a reduced fare of $.75. Finally, at Main Street, you drop off the remaining passengers and deposit your fares at the bank. Question: How old is the bus driver? _________________
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS MODEL FEEDBACK
INPUTS
PROCESSES
A. People
Forming
Effective System
Combining
Efficient System
B. Tools & Machines C. Materials D. Money E. Energy
Separating
OUTPUTS New Knowledge Balanced Budget Impacts
F. Information
Positive
G. Time
Negative
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Problem #2 Tubed Tennis Ball A tennis ball was knocked out of the tennis court and landed in the bottom of a tall metal tube. The metal tube is eight feet tall and six inches in diameter. It is welded to a round metal plate and bolted to a cement floor. (I don t know what the tube is used for!) Without unbolting the tube or damaging it in any way, (blowing it up, sawing it into pieces, smashing it with a bulldozer, etc.) design an efficient way to transport the ball out of the tube. NOTE: The tube does not have a hole in the bottom. It s just drawn that way so you can see the tennis ball inside.
SOLUTIONS
Problem #3 Balloon Recovery System A balloon sales person lost control of ten large helium filled balloons inside a building with a 30 foot tall ceiling. The balloons cost $4.50 each and the money will be deducted from the sales person s pay unless she can recover the balloons unharmed. She still has a few helium filled balloons, a spool of string, and some other simple supplies (things you would find in my desk drawer). Can you design a way to recover the remaining balloons unharmed so they can be sold.
SOLUTIONS
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Discuss all aspects of your work as you apply. Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Talk & Listen
Talk & Listen Talk & Listen
Communication is a two-way street.
Talk & Listen Talk & Listen
TALK & LISTEN
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE Evaluate the entire process, back-up if necessary. Discuss all aspects of you work as you apply. Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Problem #4 Dot Town Map The nine dots below represent population centers in a small city. You have just been hired to solve a transportation problem. The city highway planners, bus drivers, and taxi drivers are all working on this problem. Can you help? Try to design and lay out (draw) a highway system that will start at point A and permit you to drive straight through the entire city visiting each population center using four perfectly straight highways and making three turns (intersections) or less. Your highway system must be drawn starting at point A. The second perfectly straight highway must start at the end of the first perfectly straight highway, the third highway must start at the end of the second and the forth must start at the end of the third. Good Luck.
A
Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
Problem #1 You re a bus driver! This is your very first problem. Pay very close attention and try to solve it. You are a bus driver in a small city. On your first stop of the morning, you pick up 25 riders at $1.00 fare each. On Second Street, you drop off 11 passengers and pick up another 28 at the same fare. Near Church Street, you drop off another 19 passengers while picking up 16 senior citizens at a reduced fare of $.75. Finally, at Main Street, you drop off the remaining passengers and deposit your fares at the bank. Question: How old is the bus driver? _________________
Problem #1 You re a bus driver! This is your very first problem. Pay very close attention and try to solve it. You are a bus driver in a small city. On your first stop of the morning, you pick up 25 riders at $1.00 fare each. On Second Street, you drop off 11 passengers and pick up another 28 at the same fare. Near Church Street, you drop off another 19 passengers while picking up 16 senior citizens at a reduced fare of $.75. Finally, at Main Street, you drop off the remaining passengers and deposit your fares at the bank. Question: How old is the bus driver? _________________
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS MODEL FEEDBACK
INPUTS
PROCESSES
A. People
Forming
Effective System
Combining
Efficient System
B. Tools & Machines C. Materials D. Money E. Energy
Separating
OUTPUTS New Knowledge Balanced Budget Impacts
F. Information
Positive
G. Time
Negative
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Problem #2 Tubed Tennis Ball A tennis ball was knocked out of the tennis court and landed in the bottom of a tall metal tube. The metal tube is eight feet tall and six inches in diameter. It is welded to a round metal plate and bolted to a cement floor. (I don t know what the tube is used for!) Without unbolting the tube or damaging it in any way, (blowing it up, sawing it into pieces, smashing it with a bulldozer, etc.) design an efficient way to transport the ball out of the tube. NOTE: The tube does not have a hole in the bottom. It s just drawn that way so you can see the tennis ball inside.
SOLUTIONS
Problem #3 Balloon Recovery System A balloon sales person lost control of ten large helium filled balloons inside a building with a 30 foot tall ceiling. The balloons cost $4.50 each and the money will be deducted from the sales person s pay unless she can recover the balloons unharmed. She still has a few helium filled balloons, a spool of string, and some other simple supplies (things you would find in my desk drawer). Can you design a way to recover the remaining balloons unharmed so they can be sold.
SOLUTIONS
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE
Discuss all aspects of your work as you apply. Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Talk & Listen
Talk & Listen Talk & Listen
Communication is a two-way street.
Talk & Listen Talk & Listen
TALK & LISTEN
PROBLEM SOLVING FLOW GUIDE Evaluate the entire process, back-up if necessary. Discuss all aspects of you work as you apply. Apply your work. Review all solutions and ideas. Combine and select the best. Generate possible solutions or ideas. Prepare yourself and your resources. Understand the problem COMPLETELY.
(Brainstorm)
Problem #4 Dot Town Map The nine dots below represent population centers in a small city. You have just been hired to solve a transportation problem. The city highway planners, bus drivers, and taxi drivers are all working on this problem. Can you help? Try to design and lay out (draw) a highway system that will start at point A and permit you to drive straight through the entire city visiting each population center using four perfectly straight highways and making three turns (intersections) or less. Your highway system must be drawn starting at point A. The second perfectly straight highway must start at the end of the first perfectly straight highway, the third highway must start at the end of the second and the forth must start at the end of the third. Good Luck.
A
