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If two sides of a triangle are 6 and 10, what values for the third side produce certain types of triangles or non triangles?
What other mathematical aspects of this caught your attention?
What do you wonder about the situation?
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like.
Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
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