Pam  0:00  
Hey, fellow mathers! Welcome to the podcast where Math is Figure-Out-Able. I'm Pam Harris.

Kim  0:06  
And I'm Kim Montague.

Pam  0:08  
And this is a MathStratChat episode where we chat about our math strategies. Every 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  0:20  
Alright, so this Wednesday, our math problem was 1.5 times 44. That's 1.5 times 44. How would you solve this problem? Pause the podcast. Solve it however you'd like. 1.5 times 44. Do you want go or do you want me to go?

Pam  0:45  
Um, what are you going to do? 

Kim  0:45  
Not what I did last

Kim  0:46  
week. 

Pam  0:46  
Okay, then I'll do that. And then I have another idea too, if you don't do it. 

Kim  0:49  
Alright. 

Pam  0:51  
1.5 times 44. Like, even though I had another strategy in mind, I was just like, "Wow, that's like, 40-floor. 40-floor? 44 and half of 44. So, half of 44 is 22. 

Kim  1:03  
Yeah. 

Pam  1:03  
One 22 is 66.

Kim  1:05  
Isn't it funny how the way that you say it.

Pam  1:08  
Oh, wow. 

Kim  1:08  
Like, instantly. I know. As soon as I said 1.5, I was like, "Oh, maybe I shouldn't have said it that way. Because what I wrote down was 1 and  5/10. 1.5. And you know the reason I said a different way is because people lose their minds about the 1.5. 

Pam  1:22  
The 1.5, yeah.

Kim  1:23  
Mmhm. So, I wrote down 1.5 times 2 times 22. So, then the 1.5 times 2 would be 3. 3 times 22 is

Kim  1:33  
66. 

Pam  1:34  
Interesting. So, that was going to be my second strategy, but not quite the way you thought about it. I was going to Double 1.5 to 3 and Halve 44 to 22. Double and Halve.

Kim  1:45  
Yeah. 

Pam  1:34  
So, you kind of flexibly factored, and I was...

Kim  1:45  
Yeah.

Pam  1:46  
Which Doubling and Halving is really a subset of flexible factoring.

Kim  1:50  
Mmhm.

Pam  1:50  
So, yeah. Nice. 3 times 22. Sweet, that's 66.

Kim  1:53  
Alright. Well,

Kim  1:54  
we can't wait to see every single week what you do. Join us on MathStratChat and let us know how you think about the problems and please comment on each other's strategies. It's our favorite part.

Pam  2:07  
We love it when you... Yeah, it's our favorite part. Because when you comment on each other's strategies, more people then are like, "Hey, people are noticing." Then they come back more. We could spread it more. Y'all, we post the problems on Wednesdays around 7:00 p.m. Central. When you answer, tag me and use the hashtag MathStratChat. Then join us to hear how we're thinking about the problem. We love having you as part of the Math is Figure-Out-Able movement. Y'all, Math is Figure-Out-Able.
Pam  0:00  
Hey, fellow mathers! Welcome to the podcast where Math is Figure-Out-Able. I'm Pam Harris.

Kim  0:06  
And I'm Kim Montague.

Pam  0:08  
And this is a MathStratChat episode where we chat about our math strategies. Every 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  0:20  
Alright, so this Wednesday, our math problem was 1.5 times 44. That's 1.5 times 44. How would you solve this problem? Pause the podcast. Solve it however you'd like. 1.5 times 44. Do you want go or do you want me to go?

Pam  0:45  
Um, what are you going to do? 

Kim  0:45  
Not what I did last

Kim  0:46  
week. 

Pam  0:46  
Okay, then I'll do that. And then I have another idea too, if you don't do it. 

Kim  0:49  
Alright. 

Pam  0:51  
1.5 times 44. Like, even though I had another strategy in mind, I was just like, "Wow, that's like, 40-floor. 40-floor? 44 and half of 44. So, half of 44 is 22. 

Kim  1:03  
Yeah. 

Pam  1:03  
One 22 is 66.

Kim  1:05  
Isn't it funny how the way that you say it.

Pam  1:08  
Oh, wow. 

Kim  1:08  
Like, instantly. I know. As soon as I said 1.5, I was like, "Oh, maybe I shouldn't have said it that way. Because what I wrote down was 1 and  5/10. 1.5. And you know the reason I said a different way is because people lose their minds about the 1.5. 

Pam  1:22  
The 1.5, yeah.

Kim  1:23  
Mmhm. So, I wrote down 1.5 times 2 times 22. So, then the 1.5 times 2 would be 3. 3 times 22 is

Kim  1:33  
66. 

Pam  1:34  
Interesting. So, that was going to be my second strategy, but not quite the way you thought about it. I was going to Double 1.5 to 3 and Halve 44 to 22. Double and Halve.

Kim  1:45  
Yeah. 

Pam  1:34  
So, you kind of flexibly factored, and I was...

Kim  1:45  
Yeah.

Pam  1:46  
Which Doubling and Halving is really a subset of flexible factoring.

Kim  1:50  
Mmhm.

Pam  1:50  
So, yeah. Nice. 3 times 22. Sweet, that's 66.

Kim  1:53  
Alright. Well,

Kim  1:54  
we can't wait to see every single week what you do. Join us on MathStratChat and let us know how you think about the problems and please comment on each other's strategies. It's our favorite part.

Pam  2:07  
We love it when you... Yeah, it's our favorite part. Because when you comment on each other's strategies, more people then are like, "Hey, people are noticing." Then they come back more. We could spread it more. Y'all, we post the problems on Wednesdays around 7:00 p.m. Central. When you answer, tag me and use the hashtag MathStratChat. Then join us to hear how we're thinking about the problem. We love having you as part of the Math is Figure-Out-Able movement. Y'all, Math is Figure-Out-Able.