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Treasure hunt
This problem offers students a chance to consolidate their understanding of coordinates while challenging them to think strategically and work logically.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 5
- Purpose
- Teaching resource Student activities
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Position and location
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M5SP02
- Numeracy progression
- Positioning and locating (P5)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material.
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