{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":1.74,"endTime":4.89,"body":"Hey, fellow mathematicians!"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":1.74,"endTime":4.89,"body":"Welcome to the podcast where"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":4.89,"endTime":7.77,"body":"Math is Figure-Out-Able! I'm"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":4.89,"endTime":7.77,"body":"Pam."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":8.039,"endTime":8.759,"body":"And I'm Kim."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":9.03,"endTime":13.2,"body":"And this episode is a"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":9.03,"endTime":13.2,"body":"MathStratChat episode where we"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":13.35,"endTime":17.16,"body":"chat about math strategies."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":13.35,"endTime":17.16,"body":"Every Wednesday evening, I throw"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":17.16,"endTime":19.29,"body":"out a math problem on Twitter,"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":17.16,"endTime":19.29,"body":"Facebook, Instagram, all the"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":19.29,"endTime":22.05,"body":"places, and people from around"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":19.29,"endTime":22.05,"body":"the world chat about the"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":22.05,"endTime":25.59,"body":"strategies they use. It is super"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":22.05,"endTime":25.59,"body":"to see everyone's thinking."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":26.4,"endTime":31.59,"body":"So, this Wednesday, our"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":26.4,"endTime":31.59,"body":"math problem was 24 times 36."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":31.95,"endTime":34.59,"body":"We'd love to know how you would"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":31.95,"endTime":34.59,"body":"solve this problem. Pause the"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":34.59,"endTime":38.73,"body":"podcast and solve it any way you"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":34.59,"endTime":38.73,"body":"want. The problem is 24 times"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":38.73,"endTime":42.12,"body":"36. Solve it, and then come back"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":38.73,"endTime":42.12,"body":"to hear how we solve"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":42.12,"endTime":42.39,"body":"it."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":43.26,"endTime":45.75,"body":"Alright, Kim, I'm going to"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":43.26,"endTime":45.75,"body":"ask you to go first today. I"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":45.75,"endTime":48.3,"body":"want to hear how you are"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":45.75,"endTime":48.3,"body":"thinking about 24 times 36."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":48.87,"endTime":53.64,"body":"Okay. So, the first thing I"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":48.87,"endTime":53.64,"body":"thought about was 24 is really"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":53.64,"endTime":59.13,"body":"close to 25. And, you know I do"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":53.64,"endTime":59.13,"body":"like the quarters, the coins,"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":59.16,"endTime":61.17,"body":"the... I do (unclear)."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":61.2,"endTime":61.44,"body":"I will"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":61.44,"endTime":64.8,"body":"never forget the day. We were"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":61.44,"endTime":64.8,"body":"filming. I wasn't there for"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":64.8,"endTime":68.58,"body":"filming, but I watched it after."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":64.8,"endTime":68.58,"body":"This is early, right? And you"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":68.58,"endTime":71.19,"body":"were doing a thing for the state"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":68.58,"endTime":71.19,"body":"of Texas. And you said to this"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":71.19,"endTime":73.41,"body":"kid, \"Sure. Wish I knew"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":71.19,"endTime":73.41,"body":"something about quarters.\" I'll"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":73.41,"endTime":76.68,"body":"never forget that. 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And so, I"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":95.37,"endTime":96.54,"body":"just know it's $9.00."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":96.81,"endTime":97.14,"body":"Because"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":97.62,"endTime":101.58,"body":"4 quarters is like 100 cents."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":97.62,"endTime":101.58,"body":"Times that 9. Okay."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":101.73,"endTime":102.3,"body":"Yeah, yeah."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":102.33,"endTime":103.2,"body":"Yep, thanks. Okay."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":103.5,"endTime":110.76,"body":"So, then if 25 times 36 is"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":103.5,"endTime":110.76,"body":"900, then twenty-four 36's would"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":110.76,"endTime":115.92,"body":"just be one less 36, which means"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":110.76,"endTime":115.92,"body":"that it would be 864."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":116.49,"endTime":119.46,"body":"And how did you do the 900"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":116.49,"endTime":119.46,"body":"minus 36?"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":120.63,"endTime":124.47,"body":"I literally thought, \"If I"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":120.63,"endTime":124.47,"body":"have 36, what do I need to make"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":124.86,"endTime":125.43,"body":"100.\""},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":125.43,"endTime":125.46,"body":"Mmhmm."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":126.36,"endTime":130.17,"body":"And I just know that"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":126.36,"endTime":130.17,"body":"combination of 36 and 64."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":130.56,"endTime":131.01,"body":"Bam!"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":132.0,"endTime":135.06,"body":"Super cool. Great. Alright, I"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":132.0,"endTime":135.06,"body":"have been playing around with"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":135.06,"endTime":138.57,"body":"something kind of that we"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":135.06,"endTime":138.57,"body":"learned a little bit later in"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":138.57,"endTime":141.51,"body":"algebra. I'm trying to get"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":138.57,"endTime":141.51,"body":"better at how I could represent"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":141.51,"endTime":143.82,"body":"it with an area model. But for"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":141.51,"endTime":143.82,"body":"now, I'm just going to talk"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":143.82,"endTime":148.5,"body":"about that I could think about"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":143.82,"endTime":148.5,"body":"24 times 36 as the quantity 30"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":148.53,"endTime":155.91,"body":"minus 6 because 24 is like 30"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":148.53,"endTime":155.91,"body":"subtract 6. Times 30 plus 6. 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And I end up in the"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":175.05,"endTime":179.07,"body":"same place you were, Kim, which"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":175.05,"endTime":179.07,"body":"is 900 minus 36. And I would"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":179.07,"endTime":182.43,"body":"also think about I Have, You"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":179.07,"endTime":182.43,"body":"need to get the partner, to get"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":182.55,"endTime":186.0,"body":"864. Nice. Yeah, super cool."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":186.39,"endTime":190.23,"body":"I wish that I... I'm not"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":186.39,"endTime":190.23,"body":"going to say, \"I wish\". I'm"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":190.23,"endTime":193.23,"body":"going to seek out that strategy"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":190.23,"endTime":193.23,"body":"more often because it doesn't"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":193.23,"endTime":196.29,"body":"occur naturally to me. So, I"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":193.23,"endTime":196.29,"body":"mean, I could wish it, and it's"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":196.29,"endTime":198.27,"body":"not going to happen. But I'm"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":196.29,"endTime":198.27,"body":"going to put some work into"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":198.3,"endTime":200.4,"body":"looking for that strategy more"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":198.3,"endTime":200.4,"body":"often."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":200.4,"endTime":202.11,"body":"Well, and can I tell you"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":200.4,"endTime":202.11,"body":"the work that I'm putting into"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":202.11,"endTime":204.72,"body":"it? Yeah, I'm writing"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":202.11,"endTime":204.72,"body":"MathStratChat problems for which"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":204.72,"endTime":205.23,"body":"it works."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":205.86,"endTime":207.27,"body":"Cool. I'll be on the"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":205.86,"endTime":207.27,"body":"lookout."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":207.42,"endTime":210.51,"body":"Yeah. And honestly, that's"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":207.42,"endTime":210.51,"body":"often what I do. If I find"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":210.51,"endTime":212.82,"body":"something, I hear mathy people"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":210.51,"endTime":212.82,"body":"doing something, and I'm like,"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":212.82,"endTime":215.43,"body":"\"Oh, I want my brain to do"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":212.82,"endTime":215.43,"body":"that,\" then, I write a Problem"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":215.43,"endTime":220.23,"body":"String to help my brain wrap"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":215.43,"endTime":220.23,"body":"itself around those"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":220.23,"endTime":223.29,"body":"relationships, so that then I"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":220.23,"endTime":223.29,"body":"own it better. Yeah, it's a cool"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":223.29,"endTime":223.44,"body":"way."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":223.5,"endTime":223.95,"body":"Very cool."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":223.95,"endTime":224.16,"body":"Cool."},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":224.49,"endTime":227.19,"body":"Alright, listeners. We"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":224.49,"endTime":227.19,"body":"can't wait to hear your math"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":227.19,"endTime":230.31,"body":"strategy. I wonder if it was"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":227.19,"endTime":230.31,"body":"like one of ours or something"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":230.31,"endTime":233.22,"body":"entirely different. Go ahead and"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":230.31,"endTime":233.22,"body":"represent your thinking. We'd"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":233.22,"endTime":235.83,"body":"love to see a picture of your"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":233.22,"endTime":235.83,"body":"work. And tell the world on"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":235.83,"endTime":238.35,"body":"social media. While you're"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":235.83,"endTime":238.35,"body":"there, check out what other"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":238.35,"endTime":240.57,"body":"people did and comment on their"},{"speaker":"Kim","startTime":238.35,"endTime":240.57,"body":"thinking as well."},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":240.78,"endTime":243.99,"body":"Yeah, and tag me on Twitter"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":240.78,"endTime":243.99,"body":"at @PWHarris. Instagram, Pam"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":243.99,"endTime":247.53,"body":"Harris_math. And on Facebook,"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":243.99,"endTime":247.53,"body":"Math is Figure-Out-Able. And use"},{"speaker":"Pam","startTime":247.53,"endTime":251.16,"body":"the hashtag MathStratChat. 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