{"id":24998,"date":"2022-10-28T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/?p=24998"},"modified":"2022-10-28T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:08:17","slug":"the-pumpkin-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/2022\/10\/28\/the-pumpkin-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pumpkin Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primary 7B were all given the same instructions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fold a piece of paper into 8ths and cut it.<\/li>\n
  2. Cut 2 circles using another piece of paper.<\/li>\n
  3. Make a pumpkin using the paper and glue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    They had the chance to create their own pumpkin based on how they interpreted the instructions. We discussed fractions and what these look like in different forms – we started with playdoh and then practised folding a piece of paper into 8ths. They were then set the task of making a pumpkin which required lots of problem solving and brought great results and creations. Well done P7B!<\/p>\n

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    Primary 7B were all given the same instructions: Fold a piece of paper into 8ths and cut it. Cut 2 circles using another piece of paper. Make a pumpkin using the paper and glue. They had the chance to create their own pumpkin based on how they interpreted the instructions. We discussed fractions and what … Continue reading “The Pumpkin Problem”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29660,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25016,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24998\/revisions\/25016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}