GRADE 8: Weekly Math Problem Solving: Problem #18

Name: ___________________ Date: _____________________

Be sure to show all of your work and your reasoning. Consider all possibilities
and explain each step in your method. Refer to your rubric for all parts
needed to achieve the maximum score. Be sure to follow the steps of
problem solving we used in the classroom:

Step 1: Read the Problem

Step 2: What is the problem asking me to solve?
Step 3: Is there any information I do not understand? Find out what it
means.
Step 4: List all the information that is given to you.
Step 5: Select a strategy to solve this problem.
Step 6: Show all your steps to achieve a solution. Include a concluding
statement.

Problem #18:

On Monday Ms. Urbanik's class plays the Integer Game. Students play in pairs using a
set of cards. Each card has a negative or a positive number written on it. The object of the
game is to pick six cards so that the numbers written on those cards have a sum of 0.

These are the cards that are left that you can choose from:

1. What are the numbers on the cards that you should pick? How
many different combinations exist?

2. What if you changed the rules of the game so that any number
of cards could be used. What's the most number of cards you can
pick out so that the sum is 0?