Find the right house within walking distance from school. The short assessment has pupils determine the houses that are a given maximum distance from a school. Individuals then determine the shortest and longest walks from the homes that are at the maximum distance from the school.

Concepts

circles, distance, equidistant, street maps, schools, neighborhoods

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Change the location to your school and city
• Provide a variety of objects pupils can use to determine the distances on the map

Classroom Considerations

• The class should be familiar with using scales

Pros

• The key provides alternative answers
• Includes a rubric that describes the type of work that receives partial points

Cons

• The map in the handout is unreadable as scaled

Common Core

HSN-Q.A.1 HSN-Q.A.3 HSG-CO.A.1 MP2 MP3