TESSELLATING PATTERNS & DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANGLES:

We’ve been learning about tessellations and angles – here is my attempt at repeating a pattern – watch out they bite!

We have also been working with arrays to help build our mathematical skills. An array is a set of objects arranged in rows and columns. Each row has the same number of objects, so they represent equal groups. Arrays can make counting and calculating easier. Thanks to Mr Salsich for this array diagram.

Arrays are useful for skip counting and solving multiplication problems.

The array above has 3 rows of 4 blocks. That is 3 groups of 4, or 3 x 4.

We can find out how many blocks there are by skip counting by 4’s: 4, 8, 12 – or by doing repeated addition: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.

There are 12 blocks. So, 3 x 4 = 12.

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