Riddles are a great way to encourage learners to develop their logical thinking skills, and the fish riddle offers the perfect challenge. Viewers must determine how to rescue a series of tanks containing an endangered species of fish.

Concepts

riddles, logical thinking, deduction, prime numbers, divisibility rules, factors, data tables

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Permit class members to work alone or as part of a team to solve the riddle
• Pause the video at 2:25 to permit viewers to attempt to solve the riddle

Classroom Considerations

• The resource includes the video, a comprehension check, links to related materials and a discussion question

Pros

• Includes a link to a cache of riddles
• The video includes an explanation of how to apply prime numbers and factors to help solve the riddle

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a