Time doesn't fly when you're watching a snail cross a sidewalk. Combining the concepts of the Pythagorean Theorem and the distance, rate, and time formula, learners determine how long it takes a snail to go from one corner of a sidewalk block to another. A picture of the block provides the needed dimensions of the sidewalk.

Concepts

rates, distance rate time problems, pythagorean theorem, right triangles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have pupils use the Speed of Animals link to create similar problems for fellow classmates
  

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars should have experience with the Pythagorean Theorem
• Knowledge of rates is a must
  

Pros

• Flexible resource is easy to download and print as a worksheet
  

Cons

• No provided answers
  

Common Core

8.G.B.6 8.G.B.7