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This picture is taken from a CD-ROM of photographs with activities for mathematics teaching. Published as Mathematical World in America and as Problem Pictures in the UK, Europe and Australasia. |
Park railingsThe horizontal bar in the photograph has holes spaced 10 cm apart for the hoops to pass through. One hoop is 30 cm wide. How many hoops would you need to make a railing that is 250 cm long? Can you find a rule that gives the length of railing for any given number of hoops? C34 |
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