Part A - Empty Warehouse

 Activities

      Question 1

Imagine you have an area in the warehouse between 2 columns that is 15 metres wide by 30 metres high. You can stack one pile of boxes.

A)       How many 1m by 1m boxes can you stack between the columns?

B)       How many 3m by 3m boxes could you fit in the area?

C)       If the boxes were 6m by 2m, how many whole boxes could you stack?

Question 2

A 30m tall column is 15 metres away from another 30m tall column. If you need a ladder to reach diagonally from the bottom of one column to the top of the other, how long does the ladder need to be?

Question 3

Harry is asked to design a warehouse that holds a certain amount of stock. It needs to be of a basic shape similar to that of the warehouse in the picture above.  

He draws three rectangles. One measures 60m by 30

The next is 70m by 10m

The last is 50m by 25m.

A)    Which two shapes are ‘similar’ shapes?

Next he needs to design a roof. He draws an equilateral triangle.

      B)     How many lines of symmetry are there in the shape of the roof?

Question 4

A)    How many lines of symmetry are in the image of the warehouse?

B)     How many lines of symmetry are there in the dome roof?

C)     How many lines of symmetry are there in the rectangle between the two columns?

D)    How many diagonal lines of symmetry are there in the entire picture of the warehouse?

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Key Mathematical Ideas -

Measurement:

This picture contains many elements related to the concept of measurement. Children would be able to discover lengths of the support beams, as well as the angles between the floor and the beams, and much more.

Space:

This image depicts many examples of shape, symmetry and similarity. Children could use this image to discover different shapes, lines of symmetry and similar shapes.