Gifted and Talented after school club – Y7
Woolwich Polytechnic
Because we were told not to do the number calculations, we considered how we might use algebra to help.
Firstly, Ayobami decided to use nth term to solve the question and find a solution. He started seeing patterns in the nth term calculations, and realised that some of the answers were the same, before deciding a different approach.
All the children started using algebra on the grid by replacing the four corners with a,b,c and d, like so:
A B
C D
With that, we were able to carry out each rotation/flip with another piece of paper exactly like the one above. After we all worked out each rotation/flip combination using letters, Ayobami decided to replace the letters with numbers, like so:
1 6
31 36
He was able to get a total for each rotation and found the lowest and highest ways of rotation/flip. Please read the adjoining file to see the solution and the answer.