Rowan Class have been doing some big thinking in maths this week, whilst trying to help Oliver plant his own vegetable garden.
We found out that Oliver's Grandad planted his vegetables in neat rows, so Oliver needed to do the same with his seeds.
Could Oliver's garden be as neat as Grandad's?
After we decided what Oliver should plant, we needed to decide how many rows he should have for each vegetable, and how many seeds in each row. Then we had to calculate how many seeds he would need altogether. We realised they looked just like arrays! Our garden designs were all going to be different, because we had different ideas about different vegetables.
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| 3 seeds x 6 rows = 18 seeds |
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| What else do we need in this garden? |
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| I wonder what 2 x 20 will equal ... |
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| BIG BIG thinking! |
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| '5 x 3 = 15 seeds' |
Your gardens are going to look amazing. Love all those 'deep thinking' faces!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Deep in thought. Who'd have thought maths could be so much fun? All the gardens look amazing and it's nice to see such different arrangements of 'vegetables'!
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