SITUATION:
One of your parents has fallen in love with the idea of having this Star Wars patterned carpet in a room of your house. It costs $20 per square metre.
PROBLEM:
Decide which room you will measure and work out approximately how much it will cost for enough carpet for the whole room.
On Monday during our library time we thought about the process we would need to go through to complete this task, as there are a couple of steps involved.
We tried to work out the cost of this carpet for our school library. Kelli aptly named this project 'Star Wars Squared', with each stage titled Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3.
We first discussed the idea of 'one square metre', then planned how we could measure the size of the library. We then did the measuring and came to a consensus on the size, using string and rulers. The final stage was multiplying the number of square metres by the price of the carpet.
This was a task that required not only some key mathematical understandings, but also for us to work well with our peers, communicating effectively and managing resources. Most children felt confident they could complete the home learning task independently, so it will be great to see them apply their knowledge in a different setting.
If you want another fun challenge, we have just been discussing the problem below together.
Can you work out where the extra square comes from?
Everyone really contributed to this problem in the library. It was great to see the pairs working and coming up with solutions for the problem.
ReplyDeleteGreat job everyone!