The two POWs that helped me the most this year have been "slices of pie" and "almost a rubik's cube."
Slices of pie was the easiest to explain and i understood it more than the other POWs because there was little math in involvement but a large amount of planning and understanding how to change certain lines to create even more if you weren't getting the result you wanted. While I working on this problem for math exhibition I saw that every cut created a triangle and how by simply putting a set of three lines in the exact place i could mimic the pattern that yields me 16 pieces for 5 cuts. Even though i probably won't be cutting my pizza the way i did for this POW it helped me view math in a more rhythmic way.
The Rubik cube POW was easy for me too understand because it was easy math skills needed to do it and i was able to visualize the cube and take the pieces if of it and separate each piece in my head and on paper and make a basic table and list what each row and side of the cube could calculate too. And it helped me too be able to convey my thoughts instead of typing them into a normal reflection because I have difficulty conveying my thoughts onto paper so it was a great change up for me in this POW.
Slices of pie was the easiest to explain and i understood it more than the other POWs because there was little math in involvement but a large amount of planning and understanding how to change certain lines to create even more if you weren't getting the result you wanted. While I working on this problem for math exhibition I saw that every cut created a triangle and how by simply putting a set of three lines in the exact place i could mimic the pattern that yields me 16 pieces for 5 cuts. Even though i probably won't be cutting my pizza the way i did for this POW it helped me view math in a more rhythmic way.
The Rubik cube POW was easy for me too understand because it was easy math skills needed to do it and i was able to visualize the cube and take the pieces if of it and separate each piece in my head and on paper and make a basic table and list what each row and side of the cube could calculate too. And it helped me too be able to convey my thoughts instead of typing them into a normal reflection because I have difficulty conveying my thoughts onto paper so it was a great change up for me in this POW.