Circus towers: Square stacks

Work out how many acrobats are needed to form square-shaped human towers. How many in the base? How many acrobats altogether?

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Year level(s)	Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Audience	Student
Purpose	Student task, Home practice tasks
Format	Interactive
Keywords	games
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number, Algebra
Topics	Multiplication and division, Patterns and algebra
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA056 Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts ACMNA074 Investigate number sequences involving multiples of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 ACMNA098 Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems ACMNA122 Identify and describe properties of prime, composite, square and triangular numbers
National numeracy learning progression	Multiplicative strategies Number patterns and algebraic thinking
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