{"id":71496,"date":"2020-04-30T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71496"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:39:46","slug":"flower-petal-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-4-6\/puzzles-and-riddles\/flower-petal-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Petal Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Puzzles and Riddles<\/h5>\n<h2>Learning Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine the missing numbers in equations<\/li>\n<li>Develop and apply reasoning skills to make and test math predictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Exploration:<\/h2>\n<p>The goal of a flower petal puzzle is to place the numbers from 1-7 in the circles (\u201cpetals\u201d), so that each line of 3 petals adds up to the target total:<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71498\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior.png\" alt=\"A line image of a circle, surrounded by six equally sized circles connected to the centre circle with lines. Number 1 to 7 are along the bottom of the image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior.png 1422w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-768x646.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-1024x861.png 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-165x139.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-1140x959.png 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-945x795.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/MathJunior-750x631.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Can you place the numbers 1-7 into the circles so that each line of 3 petals adds to 10?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What about a target total of 12 for each line of petals? A target total of 14?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Questions and Prompts to Support your Child:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What have you tried so far? What could we try together?<\/li>\n<li>If that arrangement of numbers didn\u2019t work out, what could you try instead?<\/li>\n<li>What combinations of three numbers add to ten? Which have you tried?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extensions &amp; Adaptations:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you\u2019re feeling stuck, focus on trying different numbers in the middle circle &#8211; that spot is more important than the rest<\/li>\n<li>Once you\u2019ve solved for target totals of 10, 12, and 14, try to design your own &#8211; you could use a different set of numbers for in the spaces, allow players to use a number more than once, or place requirements on the middle number (i.e., it must be an even number)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/mathforlove.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mathforlove.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goals: Determine the missing numbers in equations, Develop and apply reasoning skills to make and test math predictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72901,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71496","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=71496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71496\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}