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Years 8 - 1125 - 40 minutes
Introduction video
Pupil sheet
Teacher sheet

Quick Description

Pupils construct Pascal's Triangle and investigate some of the patterns found within.

Prior Knowledge

No prior knowledge required besides recognising the Fibonacci Sequence for task 4.

Instructions

*Print one side per page.

The questions on the last page are tough so you may wish to save paper and print only the first four sides (on two pages of A4).

  1. Distribute one copy of pupil sheets to each learner.

  2. Tell learners what Pascal's triangle is, showing them how to calculate the first two or three rows of numbers, and they can then work through the rest. Or you can play the introductory video and then let the pupils loose on the tasks!

Structure Within (Pascal's Triangle)

Structure Within (Pascal's Triangle)