{"id":69329,"date":"2020-04-03T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=69329"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:48:42","slug":"tables-and-chairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-4-6\/problem-solving-prompts\/tables-and-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tables and Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Problem Solving Prompts<\/h5>\n<h2>Learning Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Predict terms in a pattern<\/li>\n<li>Develop and apply reasoning skills to make and test math predictions<\/li>\n<li>Communicate mathematical thinking orally and visually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Challenge:<\/h3>\n<p>Imagine setting up some tables with chairs around them like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69333\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities.png 5827w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-165x43.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-1140x296.png 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-945x246.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Day-Seven-Junior-Math-Activities-750x195.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If this pattern continued, how many chairs would fit around a row of 10 tables?<br \/>\nWhat about a row of 20 tables?<br \/>\nWhat about a row of 57 tables?<\/p>\n<h3>Questions and Prompts to Support your Child:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What have you noticed? What have you tried so far? What could we try together?<\/li>\n<li>Would 5 tables have half as many chairs as 10 tables? Why not?<\/li>\n<li>Why don\u2019t 20 tables have double the number of chairs that 10 tables had?<\/li>\n<li>How did you count the chairs around each set of tables?<\/li>\n<li>Did you notice any patterns? How did these patterns help you figure out longer rows?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extensions &amp; Adaptations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mathclips.ca\/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools\/PatternBlocks1.swf&amp;title=Pattern%20Blocks%2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mathies pattern block app<\/a> might be useful in building some tables &amp; chairs<\/li>\n<li>Try figuring out some larger rows of tables, once the pattern has been discovered!<\/li>\n<li>What would happen to the pattern if we used a different shaped table? (like triangles,<br \/>\nhexagons, or trapezoids)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goals: Predict terms in a pattern, Develop and apply reasoning skills to make and test math predictions, Communicate mathematical thinking orally and visually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72920,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69329\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}