House patterns 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about continuing a growing pattern. Question 1Change answer Jed used toothpicks to make a house. It looked like this. Jed used toothpicks to make a house. It looked like this. a) How many toothpicks did Jed use? Question 1Change answer Jed then made two houses joined together. They looked like this. Jed then made two houses joined together. They looked like this. b) How many toothpicks did Jed use for the two houses joined together? Question 2Change answer c) Complete the table to show the number of toothpicks needed to make the different numbers of houses joined together. c) Complete the table to show the number of toothpicks needed to make the different numbers of houses joined together. Number of houses 3 4 5 6 Number of toothpicks Task administration: This task is completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships Keywords: spatial patterns, number patterns Description of task: Students complete a table to describe a spatial sequential pattern. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Patterns and relationships, sets 4-5 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (09/1998) a) 11 very easy b) 16 easy c) moderate Diagnostic and formative information: Student response Likely calculation b) c) 22 33, 44, 55, 66 Multiplies number of houses by 11 (because there are 11 toothpicks in 1 house). Chair and table patterns Cross pattern Patterns with X and O Missing parts Matchstick patterns II Patterns with counters Fish patterns Pyramid pattern Making triangle patterns II Block patterns II Block patterns Stacking cans Making stick patterns Dot patterns Stick patterns and rules II Stick patterns and rules Making stick patterns II Making more stick patterns
