HEURISTIK PROBLEM SOLVING

NORHANIS NOOR FARHANA

QUESTION 1
Amy and Judy sold 12 show tickets altogether. Amy sold 2 more tickets than Judy. How many tickets did each girl sell?

SOLUTION
1) UNDERSTAND: What do you need to find? You need to know that 12 tickets were sold in all. You also need to know that Amy sold 2 more tickets than Judy. 2) PLAN: How can you solve the problem? You can guess and check to find two numbers with a sum of 12 and a difference of 2. If your first guess does not work, try two different numbers.

3) SOLVE: First Guess: Amy = 8 tickets Judy = 4 tickets

Second Guess: Amy = 7 tickets Judy = 5 tickets

Check Check 7 + 5 = 12 7- 5 = 2 ( Amy sold 2 8 + 4 = 12 more tickets) 8 - 4 = 4 ( Amy sold 4 These numbers do more tickets) work! These numbers do not Amy sold 7 tickets and work! Judy sold 5 tickets.

QUESTION 2

Move three matchsticks, and make the fish turn around and swim the other direction.

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QUESTION 3
Four adventurers (Alex, Brook, Chris and Dusty) need to cross a river in a small canoe. The canoe can only carry 100kg. Alex weighs 90kg, Brook weighs 80kg, Chris weighs 60kg and Dusty weighs 40 kg, and they have 20kg of supplies. How do they get across?

SOLUTION
canoe can only carry Alex weighs Brook weighs Chris weighs Dusty weighs Supplies 100kg 90kg 80kg 60kg 40kg 20kg

Chris and Dusty row across, Dusty returns. 60 + 40 = 100 Alex rows over, and Chris returns. 90 / 60 Chris and Dusty row across again, Dusty returns. 60 + 40 = 100 Brook rows across with the Supplies, and Chris returns. 80 + 20 = 100 Chris and Dusty row across again for the last time. 60 + 40 = 100

QUESTION 4
Nana and Hanis have a nice meal together, and the bill is RM25 The friends pay RM15 each, which the Waiter gives to the Cashier The Cashier hands back RM5 to the Waiter The Waiter keeps RM3 as a tip and hands back RM1 each So, the friends paid RM14 each for the meal, for a total of RM28. The Waiter has RM3, and that makes RM31. Where did the other ringgit come from?

SOLUTION
RM25 is sitting with the Cashier, RM2 with the friends, and RM3 with the Waiter. That adds to the required RM30. The mistake is expecting that what the men paid and what the Waiter kept to add up to what the men initially gave. In fact, it is the amount that the meal effectively cost them, plus the amount they received back, that should add to RM30.

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