Approach: Station |
Resources:
Open rectangular box, 3 boxes of raisins,
2 packets of Fruit Bursts, 5 Minties (cubes), ruler, calculator. |
Questions / instructions:
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responses |
y4
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y8
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1. How many boxes of raisins could
fit inside the empty box so that it is full?
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18
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20
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56
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2. How many packets of Fruit Bursts
could fit inside the empty box so that it is full?
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12
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34
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68
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3. How many Minties could fit inside
the empty box so that it is full?
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80
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29
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Commentary:
Students needed to use the samples provided to work out how many items would fit
in each layer, then how many layers there would be. Predictably, the task was
more difficult when the numbers involved were larger.
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