Individual images of 5 sport events at the Winter Olympics each with a question to challenge your students about Pythagoras and enjoy the 2022 Winter Olympics!
Explore the ice sports at the Winter Olympics with maths questions surrounding 5 sports played at the event this year.
Do you want a fun maths activity to challenge your students and get them thinking before you start teaching and get on the usual stuff?
Use these maths questions to do just that and take your maths lessons outside of the classroom.
5 WINTER OLYMPICS MATHS QUESTIONS, EACH WITH AN IMAGE, WRITTEN QUESTION AND ANSWER!
Created for any exam board, testing maths involving Pythagoras’ Theorem at the Key Stage 3 level.
Buy this activity pack now to show your students how maths can be applied to any situation!
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
5 questions each with an image, a description of the question and an answer available.
With questions asking you to…
- Name the triangle formed by the ice hockey puck’s trajectory
- Calculate the height of the ice skater in a jump
- Calculate the distance traveled by a skier
- Calculate the length of the bobsled run
- Calculate the distance traveled by the curling stone
All using Pythagoras’ Theorem
Each question image comes with a similar image that includes the question and the answer in red.
WHAT PREPARATION IS REQUIRED?
Show the question on the board at the front of the classroom, print the desired question or share over the school’s online system.
All questions and answers are provided as PNG image files in the same format.
HOW CAN THEY BE USED?
Once you have downloaded the activity set you can use it time and time again in varying scenarios such as…
- Use as a starter to get your students focused and thinking
- Group up students and have them discuss the best way to answer the question
- Use as extra work for higher ability students
- Use as a fun maths based quiz
Work as a team, mark each other’s work or challenge your students to compete in a quiz, there are endless possibilities for this set of questions. Explore winter sports with maths!
Other resources for the Winter Olympics:
Winter Olympics KS2 Maths Activities - Triangles
Winter Olympics KS4 Maths Activities - Trigonometry
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