Picking cherries 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about rules that show a relationship between numbers. Gabby travels by bus to an orchard to pick cherries. She is paid: $3 for her total bus fare each day, and $5 for every box of cherries she picks. Question 2Change answer a) Complete the table showing the total amount Gabby would be paid for a day if she picked different numbers of boxes of cherries. Number of boxes picked in a day 1 2 3 4 5 Money paid for the day (including bus fare) Question 2Change answer b) Complete the rule to show how much money Gabby is paid each day. b) Complete the rule to show how much money Gabby is paid each day. × the number of boxes of cherries picked + Question 2Change answer c) How much would Gabby get paid if she picked 20 boxes of cherries in a day? $ Task administration: This task is completed with pencil and paper only. Copyright: Image: Aleksandr Neplokhov | Pexel.com | Public domain Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Equations and expressions Keywords: rules, functional rules, linear equations, money Description of task: Students complete a table to show the amount of money paid for work, and finish a rule to describe the relationship. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Using symbols and expressions to think mathematically, set 4 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (11/1998) a) 8, 13, 18, 23, 28 moderate b) 5, 3 difficult c) 103 very difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Student response Likely reason a) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40 Adds $8 each time – includes a bus fare for every box picked. a) 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 Subtracts bus fare from $5 for the first box picked. c) 100 Ignores $3 bus fare. School disco Dinosaur algebra What's my number?
