Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
You could start by drawing a line $13$ cm long (to represent the pole) and cutting a strip of paper $3$ cm long (to represent the steel rod).
What total lengths can you produce by marking off lengths of the rod on the pole?
Investigations. Trial and improvement. Time. Interactivities. Working systematically. Multiplication & division. Generalising. Addition & subtraction. Length/distance. Combinations.
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