This problem solving activity has a geometry focus.
Can you fold your paper squares to make them look like each of these designs?
Although to an adult, this paper-folding problem is simple, to young students the approach to take to make each design is not so obvious. As the students solve this problem they are learning about shapes. It provides an opportunity for students to use their visual and spatial skills. This activity can also start forming understandings about fractional parts of regions.
Can you fold your paper squares to make them look like each of these designs?
Can you fold a square so that it shows 3 rectangles?
Can you fold a square so that it shows 3 triangles?
Can you fold a square so that it shows both triangles and rectangles?
The solutions to these problems is shown below.
Designs 1 and 3 involve a single fold. Designs 2 and 4 require 2 folds.
Printed from https://meaningfulmaths.nt.edu.au/mmws/nz/resource/folding-problem at 8:55pm on the 26th February 2024