This department showcases students' in-depth thinking and work on problems previously published in TCM. The March problem scenario has students determine the shortest route traveling to one location and then engage in more complex explorations as they find the shortest route when multiple locations are involved.

Contributor Notes

Edited by Drew Polly, drew.polly@uncc.edu, an assistant professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Each month, this section of the Problem Solvers department discusses the classroom results of using problems presented in previous issues of Teaching Children Mathematics. To find detailed submission guidelines for all departments, go to www.nctm.org/tcmdepartments.

(Corresponding author is Polly drew.polly@uncc.edu)
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