Boats

Boats

Pencil and paper
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This task is about angles measured in degrees.
Questions/instructions
How many degrees did the boats turn as they changed course?
 
White Boat Black Boat

 

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Keywords: 
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students use a protractor to measure how many degrees two boats turn as they change course.
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Answers/responses: 
  Y8 (09/2001)
White boat
30 ± 2
150 ± 2 (wrong)
Black boat
110 ± 2
70 ± 2 (wrong)
  
50%
13%
33%
32%