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The document describes a math activity where students are each given number cards and must pair up to make square numbers by adding their cards. Half the cards between 1-18 are given to boys and the other half to girls. They must pair up with no cards left over and no third person can join a pair. The reflection questions ask about making pairs on the first attempt and what strategy was used.

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Square Dance - Text.Marked

The document describes a math activity where students are each given number cards and must pair up to make square numbers by adding their cards. Half the cards between 1-18 are given to boys and the other half to girls. They must pair up with no cards left over and no third person can join a pair. The reflection questions ask about making pairs on the first attempt and what strategy was used.

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Art and Mathematics

THE SQUARE DANCE

There are eighteen number cards made. Half of them are given to boys and the
remaining to girls in a class.
Each boy has to find a girl partner to dance, so that the numbers they have, added
together will make a square number. A square number has two identical factors.

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2 x 2 = 4; 3 x 3 = 9; 4 x 4 = 16 . These numbers 4,9,16 are all square numbers.
No number should be left out.
No third person can join with the pair.

Ind
1 2 3 4

18 5

17 6

16
s 7
nd
15
8
14
9
Fu

13 12 11 10

Draw lines to show the pairings to make a square number in each case.
REFLECTIONS:
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1. Were you able to make pairs on the


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first attempt, without any number


being left out?
2. After how many attempts did you
succeed?
3. What is the strategy that you used
to make pairs?
SOLUTION:

THE SQUARE DANCE

ia
1 2 3 4

Ind
18 5

17 6

16 7
15

14
s 8
nd
9

13 12 11 10
Fu

1. Possible square numbers that can be formed as pairs are, 9, 16 and 25 only since the
biggest number is 18 and it can pair only with 7 to make a square number 25.
th
Ma

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