Climbing the wall

Climbing the wall

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This task is about interpreting a line graph.

Snail's progress up a wall

This graph shows a snail's progress as it climbed up a wall. Sometimes the snail was climbing and sometimes it was resting.
 
a)		  
How far did the snail climb in the first minute? __________ cm
 
b)		  
How far had the snail climbed after 8 minutes? __________ cm
 
c)		  
How far from the top of the wall was the snail after 11 minutes? __________ cm

d)
How long did the snail stop for during its climb of the wall? __________ minutes
 
e)
 
If the snail had kept climbing at the same rate without resting, how long would it have taken to climb the wall?
 
__________ minutes

 

Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships
Keywords: 
graph interpretation, line graphs, distance-time graphs
Description of task: 
Students answer questions by interpreting a line graph of a snail's progress as it climbed up a wall.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Patterns and relationships, sets 5-6
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 

   

Y8 (9/2000)

a)

6

very easy

b)

24

very easy

c)

18

easy

d)

8

easy

e)

9

easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
 

Common error

Likely reason

c)

36

Gave distance up the wall rather than from the top.

e)

17

Included instead of excluded the rest times.