Animal race 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about reading information from a graph. Question 1Change answer There was once a race between a rabbit, a cat, and a dog. The graph below shows how fast they ran. Complete each of these sentences by choosing the correct name of one of the three animals. There was once a race between a rabbit, a cat, and a dog. The graph below shows how fast they ran. Complete each of these sentences by choosing the correct name of one of the three animals. a) At 20 minutes into the race, the dogcatrabbitdogcatrabbit was running the slowest. b) The dogcatrabbitdogcatrabbit stopped for a rest during the race. c) The dogcatrabbitdogcatrabbit ran at about the same speed throughout the race. d) The dogcatrabbitdogcatrabbit got faster as the race went on. e) The dogcatrabbitdogcatrabbit reached the fastest speed during the race. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Copyright: Image: PATs, NZCER Levels: 3, 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Equations and expressions Keywords: relationships, graph interpretation, distance-time graphs Description of task: Students interpret a line graph showing the running speed of different animals. Answers/responses: Y8 (03/2003) a) b) c) d) e) cat dog cat rabbit dog All 5 correct – easy 4 correct – easy 2-3 correct – very easy Baby weight Skyrocket Savings account Climbing the wall Reading distance-time graphs Graphing relationships Buying drinks Hemi's bike trip Crawling spider Anahera's journey to school Getting to school Running styles A day's painting
