Starter quiz
- Here is a pattern using lines to make triangles. How many lines are needed to make the fourth pattern?
- '9' ✓
- Here is a pattern using lines to make triangles. Which statement below is the correct relationship between the pattern number and number of triangles?
- The pattern number is the same as the number of triangles. ✓
- The number of triangles is one more than the pattern number.
- The number of triangles is 3 times the pattern number.
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- A ______ shows the relationship between multiple physical variables in context.
- 'formula' ✓
- Match the expression with the statement.
- ⇔a number multiplied by 7 then minus 4 ✓
- ⇔a number minus 4 then multiplied by 7 ✓
- ⇔a number add 7 then minus 4 ✓
- ⇔7 minus 4 then multiplied by a number ✓
- ⇔a number multiplied by 7 then subtracted from 4 ✓
- Lucas walks 2 miles to school and 2 miles back each day. He can write an expression for the distance walked each day he goes to school as . Which statements are true?
- is a variable. ✓
- is an unknown.
- is the time it takes to get to school.
- is the distance to and from school.
- is the number of days he goes to school. ✓
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- The cost of a pay as you go phone is £24 plus £0.04 per text. A formula for the overall cost to use the phone is given as . What is the variable in this formula?
- The price to buy the phone
- The overall cost of using the phone
- The number of texts sent ✓
- The texts plus the handset cost
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Exit quiz
- is a formula showing the relationship between number of seconds and number of minutes. Which of these are true?
- The number of seconds is the number of minutes. ✓
- The number of minutes is the number of seconds.
- The number of minutes is 60 times bigger than the number of seconds.
- The number of seconds is 60 times bigger than the number of minutes. ✓
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- There are 6 eggs in a box of eggs. Which of these shows the correct relationship where is the number of eggs and is the number of boxes?
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- The cost of a taxi is £3.50 plus £1.50 per mile driven. Which is the correct formula for the cost of getting a taxi?
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- The membership fees for a rugby team are £80 for the year, £3 match fees for every game you play and £2 for each item of kit. For the formula match each value to its description.
- a⇔number of games played ✓
- b⇔number of items of kit bought ✓
- c⇔cost for a year ✓
- 3a⇔cost of match fees ✓
- 2b⇔cost of kit ✓
- Here is a pattern using lines to make triangles. Which of these is a formula showing the relationship between number of triangles and number of lines ?
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- Here is a pattern using lines to make triangles. How many lines would be needed to make this pattern with 10 triangles?
- '21' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Relationships in context can be expressed using letters to represent the unknown values.
- Formulae in context can be expressed using letters to represent the unknown values.
- Number patterns can be expressed using letters to represent the unknown values.
Common misconception
Pupils may thing that letters represent an item e.g a week equals 7 days so w=7d
Get pupils to identify what value the letter represents e.g the number of days then say a number sentence that describes the relationship.
Keywords
Equation - An equation is used to show that one number or calculation is equal to another.
Expression - Expressions contain one or more terms, where each term is separated by an operator.
Formula - A formula is a rule linking sets of physical variables in context. The plural of formula is formulae.
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