Students’ enthusiasm for problem solving cooperatively was obvious when they
pursued the problem further than presented. Although the problem did not ask them how the
fish would be divided for dinner, the students became concerned that some people had caught
one fish and others had caught two. They discussed ways of solving this inequality. Some
used a mathematical solution: Ten fish divided by six people equals one and two-thirds fish
each. Others thought more about the family and suggested that some members of the family
might be little and eat less or even not like to eat fish at all.