Bean bag antics
This is a level 3 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series. It is focused on following instructions on a seating plan. A PDF of the student activity is included.
About this resource
Figure It Out is a series of 80 books published between 1999 and 2009 to support teaching and learning in New Zealand classrooms.
This resource provides the teachers’ notes and answers for one activity from the Figure It Out series. A printable PDF of the student activity can be downloaded from the materials that come with this resource.
Specific learning outcomes:
- Follow instructions on a seating plan.
Bean bag antics
Achievement objectives
GM3-5: Use a co-ordinate system or the language of direction and distance to specify locations and describe paths.
Required materials
- Figure It Out, Level 3, Theme: At Camp, "Bean bag antics", page 24
- a classmate
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Bean bag antics activity (.pdf)
Activity
Students need to look for patterns in sequences of numbers to answer the problems on this page.
In the first pattern, the seat numbers increase by four with each bag throw:
This pattern could be graphed on a number plane:
1.
14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
2.
a. 4, 7, 10, 13
b. 33, 26, 19, 12
c. 1, 6, 11, 16
3.
Answers will vary.
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