Six-figure grid references
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Set it as homework or classwork and every answer is marked as pupils go, with feedback on what they got wrong. The scores go straight into your mark book, so you can see who needs help before the next lesson.
- 12 questions
- 28 marks
- about 30 minutes
- marked instantly
Question types: multiple choice, true or false, matching, short answer, fill the gap.
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How many figures does a six-figure grid reference have in total?
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About this resource
We use a romer to turn a four-figure grid square into an exact six-figure reference, so we can pinpoint one precise spot on a map.
14 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Keywords for This Lesson
- Counting Tenths With a Romer
- I-do: the Church's Six-Figure Reference
- Poll
- We-do: the Stack's Six-Figure Reference
- Give Three More Six-Figure References
- Locate a Given Six-Figure Reference
- Give References and Explain Precision
- Self-Check
- Homework
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