Draft one: Maths Trail ideas
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Ideas from first meeting
Helpful bag of equipment: String, ruler, protractor, calculator, shapes to match, compass, pedometer…?
1)At chessboard use the grid for a game like solitaire, Knights tours, Polyominoes, Go, etc
2)Angle of the bottle to the vertical? Find the circumference? Cookes words find the letters and make a word
3)Crown Court and this area. Stand and find shapes. Draw out shapes ask Look around you. What shapes can you see? Draw a circle around each of the shapes as you find them”
4)Sign for cycles, how far
5)Also on Crown Court building how many circles on all the sides of the building?
6)Mum and two children “what just happened?”
7)Manhole grate on edge of grass with V`s shapes. If each is worthy 5 (say) multiply to find total value
8)Benches. Perimeter or put shape in helpful bag?????
9)Civic Centre windows have patterns in the glass
10)Town Hall doorway has circle patterns which make it non-symmetric
11)How many tall lamp posts?
12)Water patterns in the fountain? Water groups? How many of the letters in the notice(?plaque) have reflective symmetry?
13)Start in maze(which point?). How many ways to reach the end?
14)Art Gallery. Glass structure, wire, bricks..estimate. Maybe have a puzzle to estimate the number of bricks
15)Working in pairs, count the number of (buses, bus types?, lorries, cars, vans) passing by on the road in 5 minutes. Tally Chart
b) Estimate the number of ??? that would pass in one hour?
16)Trees are set in a tessellated pattern on the ground
17) Famous peoples dates. How long ago? Earliest, Latest? Special numbers? Number patterns? Maybe give “square numbers” and “prime numbers” Using the digits make the biggest/smallest number possible. Etc
18)Library window is made up of a 20 grid. Inset in this is a 6 grid rectangle. How many ways can this 6 grid be placed in the 20 grid?
19)Library has circular lights set in the ground outside. Estimate distance maybe?
20)Inside Library entrance interesting shapes
21)Pebbles outside Law Courts(?) How many can you stand on with your foot?
22)PoliceBuilding. Draw the shape with the most sides. Name the type of shape
23)Max head room 10ft 6ins. Convert to metric. Which of these vehicles would get under?
Middlesbrough Maths Questions
Helen Ede
In addition to the ones on the draft trail here are a couple more ;
Cycle network route near law court
What is the difference between Scarborough and York?
Add Bangor to Doncaster – What is the total? etc…………
What is the 3rd stop after ……….?
Plaque near bottle of notes reads ‘built in 1993’.
What do all numbers have in common? (odd numbers)
Double all numbers and add together
What is the total if you add all four together?
Add 10 years to the date
Add 100 years to the date etc….
Opening times at the library.
For how many hours is the library open on a Monday?
Whole week?