Esme Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Eric the Sheep
Eric the Sheep is a math problem that we are working on in class.
Our Table Number of Sheep
Number of Sheep Shorn
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
5
2
6
2
7
3
8
3
9
3
10
4
Eric is last in line to get shorn. Every time the shearer take a sheep, Eric jumps ahead of two sheep. How many sheep have to get shorn before Eric gets shorn?
I worked on this with Sabrina and Romi.
In class we had to find out the functional relationship. Here it is: Make sure the amount of sheep is a multiple of 3. If it isn始t round it up to the next multiple. So for example you would round 1 up to 3. When you have the multiple you divide it by 3.