Travelling around New Zealand 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses This task is about finding the shortest route on a map. Use this map of New Zealand to answer the following questions. Question 2Change answer a) A group of tourists plan to visit Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth and Tauranga by plane. They plan to start and finish in Auckland but can visit the other places in any order. Write down the shortest route they could follow. a) A group of tourists plan to visit Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth and Tauranga by plane. They plan to start and finish in Auckland but can visit the other places in any order. Write down the shortest route they could follow. 1. Auckland 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Auckland Question 2Change answer b) A family plan to visit Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Palmerston North, and Wellington by plane. They plan to start and finish in Wellington but can visit the other places in any order. Write down the shortest route they could follow. b) A family plan to visit Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Palmerston North, and Wellington by plane. They plan to start and finish in Wellington but can visit the other places in any order. Write down the shortest route they could follow. 1. Wellington 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Wellington Task administration: This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with NO auto marking). Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: maps, shortest paths, distances Description of task: Students use a map to help them describe the shortest route away from and back to two New Zealand cities. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Measurement sense, sets 6-7 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y8 (11/1999) a) Either: 2. Tauranga, 3. Gisborne, 4. Napier, 5. New Plymouth. or 2. New Plymouth, 3. Napier, 4. Gisborne, 5. Tauranga. very easy b) Either: 2. Palmerston North, 3. Greymouth, 4. Dunedin, 5. Christchurch. or 2. Christchurch, 3. Dunedin, 4. Greymouth, 5. Palmerston North. [Also accept either of these fractionally longer routes.] 2. Palmerston North, 3. Christchurch, 4. Dunedin, 5. Greymouth. or 2. Greymouth, 3. Dunedin, 4. Christchurch, 5. Palmerston North. easy
