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Pythagoras: Week 6

Maps and Position

WALT: use North, East, South and West to give directions and positions on maps.

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Vocabulary:

Column

Coordinate

East

Grid

Horizontal

Left

Map

North

Reference

Right

Row

Scale

South

West

Vertical

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When should you use:

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  1. Google Maps on your phone?

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  • Satellite navigation in your car?

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  • A Compass?

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  • A Map?

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This map shows the streets near Lewis’s house. Each block is 100 m long.

  1. In which direction and how far is the market from Lewis’s house?
  2. Lewis walked from his house to Julia’s and then Anya’s house. How far did he walk?
  3. Anya walked to his house from the bank to the pool. How far and in which direction did she walk?

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d) Julia walked out of her house and went 100 m North, then 300 m East then 200 m South. Where did she end up?

e) Give directions for Anya to get to the pool the shortest way. Is there more than one way? If so, give directions for this.

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The students were told to follow these directions. Where did they go and in what order?

  1. Start at the water hole
  2. Walk 150 m West
  3. Walk 100 m South
  4. Walk 100 m East
  5. Walk 250 m West
  6. Walk 100 m North

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What directions would the students be given to get from the cow shed to the stables?

At the end, the students walked from the stables, North to the hen house and then East back to the water hole. How far was this?

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The Thomas family went on holiday to Pleasure Island. The roads on the island are on the grid lines.

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  1. In which direction and how far is the hotel from the airport?

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  • On the first day they cycled from the Hotel to Lazy Beach. How far and in which direction did they cycle?

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c) Brad Thomas wanted to go sailing. How far and in which direction is Sailing Bay from Lazy Beach?

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d) From the hotel, Mr Thomas cycled 4 km West and 8 km South. Where did he go?

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e) How far and in which direction is the windsurfing beach from Fishing Bay?

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Each square on this map represents 50 m in real life.

Follow the path on the grid. Write down each letter as you come to it.

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Path:

Begin at START then move

100m N, 150m E,

200m S, 200m E

250m N, 500m W,

100m S, 200m E,

50 m E, 50m N,

100m W, 100m N,

250m E, 150m S,

150m W, 50m W,

200m S

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What message do the letters spell?

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Use the code breaker to find out what the message says:

A8, D10, D10, E9

A8, D10

E6, M10, E9, D10, A2

L11, L7, G8, G11, G11, B11

E6, E9

E9, G8, D10

C4, E6, E9, D10

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The message is:

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