Pythagoras RealLife Card Match In this activity students

Pythagoras – Real-Life – Card Match In this activity students work individually or in groups to match questions and answers. ‘Quick Cut’ – Choose the questions/slides you wish to use and delete others. Sets of questions can then be easily guillotined to save time. One-sheet sets of cards are also included for students to cut out themselves.

Printing To print handouts from slides Select the slide from the left. Then click: File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’ To print multiple slides Click on a section title to highlight all those slides, or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to highlight more than one. Then click: File > Print > ‘Print Selection’ To print double-sided handouts Highlight both slides before using ‘Print Selection’. Choose ‘Print on Both Sides’ and ‘Flip on Short Edge’.

Match each diagram with a sentence. You should be able to complete each sentence

The height of the mountain is 2. 4 km. The height of the plane is 1. 5 km. The ladder is is 5. 8 m tall. The alien is is 5. 2 km away. The kite is is 35 m high. The field is 24 m wide. The ship is 18 m east. The hospital is 5 km away. The rocket has travelled 4. 7 km. The giraffe is 5. 6 m tall. The school is 16 km away. The perimeter of the flowerbed is 11 m.

A 4. 5 km 3. 8 km The height of the … is 2. 4 … The height of the … is 2. 4 …

B 800 m 1. 7 km The height of the … is 1. 5 … The height of the … is 1. 5 …

C 5 m 3 m The … is 5. 8 m … The … is 5. 8 m …

D 2. 4 km 4. 6 km The … is 5. 2 km away. The … is 5. 2 km away.

E 43 m 28 m 2 m The … is 35 m high. The … is 35 m high.

F 27 m 34 m 22 m The … is 24 m … The … is 24 m … The … is 24 m …

G 25 m 17 m The … is 18 m east. The … is 18 m east.

H Hospital 2 km Home The … is 5 km … The … is 5 km … The … is 5 km …

I 6. 4 km 4. 3 km The … has … 4. 7 km. The … has … 4. 7 km.

J 4. 8 m 6. 3 m 1. 5 m The … is 5. 6 m. . . The … is 5. 6 m. . .

K School 5 km Home The … is 16 km away. The … is 16 km away.

L 4. 5 m 2 m 2. 8 m 1. 5 m The … of … is 11 m. The … of … is 11 m.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? …or have you found a mistake!? Any feedback would be appreciated . Please feel free to email: tom@goteachmaths. co. uk