SPATIAL MATHEMATICS

X SPATIAL PUZZLES:

FORM TEAMS OF TWO!! BOOKS ON THE FLOOR!!THINK OF A TEAM NAME

8 PUZZLES COMPETITION

MATCH THE LETTERS WITH THE NUMBERS

WARM UP!

HINT: These are a large number of shapes that are presented close together. Some people find this very distracting and find it easier to work through the shapes in the second group systematically – that is, one at a time.

QUESTION 1

HINT: Think about the edges that touch each other. E.g. The four square design will never touch the strait line design

QUESTION 2

HINT: The entire cube is NOT rotated – just one part. Also there is a trick .. Be careful how many yellows you have!

QUESTION 3Which cube could be the next change in the sequence after ONE TURN?

Which figure is identical to the first?

Hint: Only one of the figures is a rotation of the first - the others are reflections or slightly modified in some way. The best approach is to pick out one obvious feature and use it to eliminate as many of the options as possible as quickly as possible. In this example, the cross of the T shape has the black-centered square immediately clockwise.

QUESTION 4

Which group of shapes can be assembled to make the shape shown

QUESTION 5

HINT: Begin by eliminating as many options as you can on the basis of size .. Are any options simply too big or too small without even thinking about the specific shapes .. ?

Which pattern can be folded to make the cube shown?

QUESTION 6

Hint: Only three faces of the cube can be shown in the three dimensional illustration, which means that you need only consider the relationship between the three visible elements on the cube and see if the same relationship exists in the pattern.

YOU ARE DOING WELL! ONLY 2 QUESTIONS TO GO

Patrolman Smith

Which direction is Patrolman Smith facing?

QUESTION 7: A common police force / army IQ question

HINT: Notice the compass in the top right hand corner

Patrolman Smith is facing the Anglo-American Oil Company HQ with the Axo Insurance building behind him, which direction is he facing?

A) North     B) South     C) East     D) West

Where is officer Kay?

QUESTION 8: A common police force / army IQ question

HINT: Notice the compass in the top right hand corner

Officer McKay starts from location ‘O’ and proceeds as follows: left onto plaza way - heading North, second left - heading west, second left - heading south, first left - heading east. She proceeds for one block. What is her location?

A) M     B) N     C) R     D) P

END OF QUIZ – WELL DONE!

ANSWERS

QUESTION

ANSWER

1 A2 A3 C4 B5 B6 B7 D8 B

CLASS PROJECT

3D OBJECTS can be represented using

• ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS

• MAP VIEWS

• NET DIAGRAMS

• PLAN DRAWINGS

• FRONT, SIDE OR TOP ELEVATION DIAGRAMS (ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS)

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