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Patterns and sequences

Mathematics

Patterns and sequences

An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive ordering activity.

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Put the square numbers in order from smallest to largest.

    • 1
    • 16
    • 4
    • 9
    Read the explanation

    One to four squared.

  2. Put the numbers in order, increasing by 12.

    • 12
    • 24
    • 36
    • 48
    Read the explanation

    The twelve times table from twelve to forty-eight.

  3. Put the decimals in order from largest to smallest.

    • 0.25
    • 0.5
    • 0.75
    • 0.9
    Read the explanation

    Compare the first decimal place first.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Spot number patterns: the square numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, counting on in 12s, ordering decimals from largest to smallest, and putting the steps for turning a fraction into a percentage in order.

What's in the worksheet

4 ordering rounds of 4 cards - Square numbers smallest first: 1, 4, 9, 16 - Going up in 12s: 12, 24, 36, 48 - Decimals largest first: 0.9, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 - Fraction to percentage: divide the top by the bottom, get a decimal, multiply by 100, add the per cent sign

How to use it in class

Use at the start of a lesson on patterns; about 4 minutes. - Play as a class on the projector; for round 1, have children draw dot squares of 1, 2 × 2, 3 × 3 and 4 × 4 to see why they are called square numbers - Warn before round 3 that it runs largest first, unlike the others - After round 4, try it together with 3/4 - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Round 3: children order smallest first out of habit, as every other round does - Round 3: 0.75 may be placed before 0.9 because 75 is more than 9 - Rounds 1 and 2 are just ascending numbers, so children can order them without seeing the pattern

Patterns and sequences — AR game for Grade 5 | Krufahda