Tomato harvest 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about continuing a number pattern. Question 1Change answer Kingi planted one tomato plant and was thrilled with his harvest. So the next year he planted five plants. Each following year Kingi planted five times as many plants as the year before. a) Complete the table to show Kingi's planting over the five years. Kingi planted one tomato plant and was thrilled with his harvest. So the next year he planted five plants. Each following year Kingi planted five times as many plants as the year before. a) Complete the table to show Kingi's planting over the five years. Year No. of Plants 1 1 2 5 3 4 5 b) If this continued how many plants would Kingi plant in the sixth year? Task administration: This task is completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking. Copyright: Image: icon0 | Public domain pictures | Public domain Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships Keywords: powers, number patterns Description of task: Students complete a table to solve a number pattern increasing by a factor of five. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Patterns and relationships, sets 5-6 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y9 (06/1996) a) 3 correct entries in table. Year No. of Plants 1 1 2 5 3 25 4 125 5 625 moderate b) 3 125 moderate Foreign currency exchange Exercise programme Fitness plan Chain of numbers Finding the rule for the pattern What's next? Matchstick patterns III Making triangle patterns II Supermarket patterns Training for the cycle race Number machines Ladder patterns Fitness programme Measurement table Number patterns Popcorn and juice How far will the car travel? Morning coffee Knitting needles Christmas turkey Tukutuku patterns
