Pam  0:00  
Hey, fellow mathers! Welcome to the podcast where math is fun and figure-out-able. I'm Pam Harris.

Pam and Kim  0:07  
And...

Kim  0:08  
Oh. 

Thanks for

the introduction. 

Pam  0:11  
Sorry.

Kim  0:12  
I'm Kim Montague

Pam  0:13  
And you're Kim Montague. And this episode is a MathStratChat episode because we're chatting about our math strategies. On Wednesday evening, I throw out a math problem on social media, and people from around the world chat about the strategies they use, and comment on each other's thinking.

Kim  0:27  
Okay, so this Wednesday, the math problem was 2.8 plus 1.95. How would you like to solve this problem? Pause the podcast. Go solve the problem, and then come on back. The problem was 2.8 plus 1.95.

Pam  0:42  
Okay, I want to go first, but just because... No, actually, you go first, and then I'm going to tell you the silliness that was happening in my head. Go ahead.

Kim  0:50  
Okay. Well, I'm going to like this to be 1.95 is close to $2.00. 

Pam  0:55  
Yeah.

Kim  0:56  
So, 2.8 plus 2 is 4.8. And then I have a nickel too much, so I'm going to call that $4.75.

Pam  1:05  
Nice. So, I want to Give and Take. But I was kind of noticing when I looked at the problem that if I did a little swapping, I could actually turn this problem into... See, is that what I want to do? 

Kim  1:22  
Why not? 

Pam  1:23  
Alright, I could turn it into 2.95 plus 1.8. See, I just had to say it out loud, so I could kind of play with it. So, it's not all that dramatically different. But I just switched the cents. It's like instead of having $2.80 and $1.95, I put the $0.95 with the $2.00 and the $0.80 with the $1.00. So, then I could think about giving $0.05 to the $2.00. That makes $3.00. Then, I grab the $0.05 from the $1.80, and that's $1.75. And $3.00 and $1.75 is $4.75. I don't know. I just...

Kim  1:52  
Yeah, yeah. I mean...

Pam  1:53  
It's fun to swap a little.

Kim  1:54  
...it's worth playing. And I got to tell you. When you said $2.95.

Pam  1:58  
Yeah. 

Kim  1:59  
I'm much more likely, for whatever reason, to Get to a Friendly Number with $2.95. it's just like so close to $3.00.

Pam  2:07  
Huh.

Kim  2:07  
But I didn't think of Getting to a Friendly Number when I saw 2.8, so I appreciate that you swapped because it just made me think of one more thing today. 

Pam  2:15  
Bam. 

Kim  2:16  
Alright, well, we can't wait to see what you do every week. We'd love to scroll and check it out. Join us on MathStratChat and let us know how you think about the problems. And please comment on each other's thinking. 

Pam  2:26  
We

love it when you comment on each other's strategies. Ya'll, we post the problems on Wednesdays around 7:00 p.m. Central. When you answer, tag me and use the hashtag MathStratChat. Then come back here to hear how we're thinking about the problem. Ya'll, thanks for joining (unclear) part of the Math is Figure-Out-Able movement Math is Figure-Out-Able.