POLYA's METHOD

Direction: Solve the following problems using Polya's Four-step method and employing the different strategies:

Step1: Understand the problem.

Step2: Devise a plan (translate).

Step3: Carry out the plan (solve).

Step4: Look back (check and interpret).

1. In order to encourage his son in the study of Algebra, a father promised the son PhP 8.00 for every

problem solved correctly and to fine him PhP 5.00 for each incorrect solution. After 26 problems,

neither owed any amount to the other. How many problems did the boy solved correctly?

2. The product of the ages, in years, of three teenagers is 4590. None of the teens are of the same age.

What are the ages of the teenagers?

3. If a pup is worth a pooch and a mutt, and a pup and a pooch are worth one bird dog, and two bird dogs are worth three mutts, how many pooches is a pup worth?