Measurement with shoes in 1/2 A
Andrea posed the problem that she thought there would be at least two people on each table that had the same size shoes in some way. We talked about the different ways we could measure our shoes. We talked about volume, width, length, weight, area and height. First of all, we had to measure our own feet and then compare it with someone else’s shoes. We used beans, tiles, streamers, counters, rulers, beads and our own feet. We discussed how whatever we used need to be the same because you couldn’t be certain. Emma decided to put her own foot into Claudia’s shoe. She found out that her foot was too tight so that meant her foot was bigger than Claudia’s. Claudia also showed us that when you are comparing the length of something, you need to make sure the ends are matching otherwise you don’t get the correct answer.
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Hallo 1/2 A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The weight on my shoe was almost the same as Tom’s shoe.His was a little bit heavier then my shoe.Lilli
Hi 1/2 A my shoe could fit 250. How much could fit in yours?
Hi 1-2A ,
That sounds like a lot of problem solving.
It has got me thinking about a little competition.
Emma in 1-2 E brought in a HUGE autumn leaf.
We were so impressed that we are now having a mini competition to see if anyone can beat the size of Emma’s leaf!
I was wondering how we could measure the leaves and find the official biggest leaf… And you have just given me so much inspiration for a Maths lesson.
Do you have any ideas about how we could measure the leaves?
Would we measure the width or the height of the leaf or both?
I would love to hear your suggestions 1-2A!
Edel
PS you are welcome to enter our competition, may the best leaf win!
Hi Edel and 1/2 E,
It sounds like an interesting challenge.
Tom suggested that you could use a ruler to measure how wide it is and how long it is.
Arminell suggested that you could trace the leaf and then get another leaf to see if it is the same size.
She also suggested that you could put tiles around the outside of the leaf to measure the perimeter of the leaf.
Matthew suggested you could use beans to put on top of the leaf to see how many beans it takes to cover the top of the leaf.
We would love to see how big Emma’s leaf was. Some of us are going to have a look around Kensington for a leaf that might beat Emma’s.
From Andrea and 1/2 A
Before we measured our shoes, we talked…..
You could measure with a ruler. Grace
You could measure with your hands. Steven
You can use a measuring tape. Electra
You could put your feet together with someone to compare size. Steven
You could check the insole and see if it says 12-13 and see if someone else has the same! Liam
You could measure against a pencil for the length. Emma
Use cubes joined together to see which is longest. Lily
You can use counters. Holly
You could use tiles. Steven
You could trace around your foot on paper and the other person could too. Then you could hold the two papers together and compare. Jordyn
It has to be a fair comparison.
We will get back to you when we have measured!!
Edel and 1-2E
Hello 1/2A 1/2E had lots of fun measuring our shoes!
Alessandra and I measured our shoes and Alessandra had 11& a half cubes and I had 11 cubes.
Look out for doing more measuring fun again!
From Kyla
Hi Mrs Durand.
My shoe could fit 280 beans!
From Tom