The Lily Pond

Freddie Frog visits as many of the leaves as he can on the way to see Sammy Snail but only visits each lily leaf once. Which is the best way for him to go?

What Are You Plotting?

Investigate the positions of points which have particular x and y coordinates. What do you notice?

Fred the Class Robot

Billy's class had a robot called Fred who could draw with chalk held underneath him. What shapes did the pupils make Fred draw?

Treasure Island

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

Why do this problem?

This problem is an interesting way of practising using coordinates in the first quadrant. The answer is found in a way which will intrigue able young learners.

Key questions

What can you find at the point given by these coordinates?

Can you think of another word that might describe this object?

What is the initial letter of this word?

What do these letters spell out?

Possible extension

Learners could make their own treasure island map on squared giving the coordinates of various objects.

Possible support

Suggest finding the objects at each of the given coordinates and writing down their names. It is the initial letter of the picture clues which you need to spell out the answer.

Perpendicular lines. Coordinates - all quadrants. Interactivities. Visualising. smartphone. Coordinates - first quadrant.

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