Clothesline Peg Patterns

Show the page of the washing in the book the art of clean up. Ask what do you notice? What maths questions could we ask?

Have a line hanging up between chairs. Tell the students I have pegs in the bucket of different colours. 4 colours and 8 pegs. How many ways can I use my pegs.

There are 5 clothes hanging on the clothesline, how many pegs could you use? Show 3 different ways to hang them, record how many pegs you use each time.

Enabling: There are 3 clothes hanging on the clothesline, how many pegs could you use?

Extending: There are 9 clothes hanging on the clothes line, how many pegs could you use.