Jack MacKenzie School Math Trail

Terra Wood and Amanda Taylor

 


1. In front of the school you will see a brick pillar.
    A)Using your ruler, measure how tall one brick on the pillar is in centimeters.
Height of brick:___________
    B)Count how many bricks tall the pillar is: ______ bricks tall.
    C)Guess how many centimeters tall the pillar is: ____________

2. Look at the big window in the foyer. Can you find the center line?
    A)Are both sides the same? __________
    B)How many windows are there all together? _________

3. In the Library, find the World Books.
    A)Find the book for letter . How many pages does this book have? ________
    B)Find the book for letter . How many pages does this book have? ________
    C)Which book has more pages? ___________
    D)How many more pages? _________

4. Find the tallest shelf in the Library.
    A)How many shelves tall is it? ______
    B)If it is two shelves across then how many shelves are there all together? ________
    C)Draw a picture of the shelf:

5. Look around the foyer. Can you see any tesselations?
     (Tesselations are patterns that are around us.)
    A)Draw a picture of a tesselation.

6. Go outside to the school playground and pick up a handful of rocks.
    A)Count how many rocks are in a handful. ________
    B)Guess how many rocks would be in five handfuls. _______
    C)Guess how many rocks would be in ten handfuls. ______

7. Look at the playset.
    A) Where do you see straight lines on the playset? Draw some of these:
    B)Where do you see curvy lines? Draw some of these:
    C)Where do you see circular shapes? Draw some of these:

8. Let's play basketball!
    A)Guess how many baskets you will get in ten throws: _________
How many will you miss? _________
    B)Throw the ball ten times.
How many throws did you get in? _________
How many throws did you miss? ________
    C)If you tried 100 times, how many throws do you think you would get in? _________
How many throws do you think that you would miss? ________
9. 
    A) How many steps long do you think the hallway is? ________
How many steps across do you think it is? ________
    B)Walk down the hallway and count your steps. How long is it? ________
Walk across the hallway and count your steps. How wide is it? ________
    C)Graph you results using the graph that was given to you.

10. Look at the different shapes on the ceiling.
    A)Name some round things: ____________________________
    B)Name some square things:
    C)Name some rectangular things: ___________________________
    D)Draw and label these shapes.

 


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