Bean Bag Antics

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Purpose

This is a level 3 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series.
A PDF of the student activity is included.

Achievement Objectives
GM3-5: Use a co-ordinate system or the language of direction and distance to specify locations and describe paths.
Student Activity

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Specific Learning Outcomes

follow instructions on a seating plan

Required Resource Materials
FIO, Level 3, Theme: At Camp, Bean Bag Antics, page 24

A classmate

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: 

table.

This pattern could be graphed on a number plane:

graph.

Answers to Activities

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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Level Three