Dripping Tap 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses This task is about working out how much water has dripped from some taps. Question 2Change answer a) Four taps drip water at the following rates: Tap A 10 ml per minute. Tap B 15 ml per minute. Tap C 20 ml per minute. Tap D 5 ml per minute. a) Four taps drip water at the following rates: Tap A 10 ml per minute. Tap B 15 ml per minute. Tap C 20 ml per minute. Tap D 5 ml per minute. How many millilitres (ml) of water will drip from each tap in one hour? i) Tap A ml ii) Tap B ml iii) Tap C ml iv) Tap D ml Question 2Change answer b) Another tap drips at a rate of 25 ml per minute. How many litres (l) will have dripped after 5 hours? litres Question 2Change answer c) Another tap dripped 1.8 litres of water over a period of one hour. How many millilitres did it drip per minute? ml Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: rates, time, conversion of units, volume Description of task: This task is about using rates in ml/minute to work out how much water has dripped from four taps. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply multiplicative strategies flexibly to whole numbers and rates to solve problems. Answers/responses: Y9 (05/1997) Y10 (05/1997) a) i) ii) iii) iv) 600 900 1200 300 very easy very easy very easy very easy very easy very easy very easy very easy b) 7.5 moderate moderate c) 30 moderate moderate
