Calculate a paper target offset

Supplied materials

• Paper or a text document; all cases below are original fictional learning inputs.
• An adult may read aloud; drawing or spoken answers are valid. No personal health information or physical performance is required.
• The separate worked case gives resultCoordinate=11, targetCoordinate=8. Subtract target coordinate from result coordinate. First identify the quantities and keep their units consistent. The calculation is 11-8=3 grid units right. That result answers this supplied planning question only. It does not establish what a real person did, diagnose a condition or prove physical skill. Compare the units with the question before accepting a number.
• Fictional case 1: resultCoordinate=7, targetCoordinate=5. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
• Fictional case 2: resultCoordinate=9, targetCoordinate=4. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
• Fictional case 3: resultCoordinate=8, targetCoordinate=3. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
• Fictional case 4: resultCoordinate=10, targetCoordinate=6. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
• Fictional case 5: resultCoordinate=6, targetCoordinate=2. What is the modeled result using the stated method?
• Fictional case 6: resultCoordinate=12, targetCoordinate=7. What is the modeled result using the stated method?

Learn the idea

Feedback can use an offset: the distance between the modeled result and the intended target on one line. A positive signed difference means the result lies farther right on this supplied number line.

Subtract the target coordinate from the recorded coordinate. Keep the sign; its direction helps choose a correction. The cases give result coordinates greater than target coordinates, so offsets are positive. Units are paper grid units, not a bodily measurement.

No real throwing, jumping or equipment is required. A result from a diagram does not measure motor ability. The calculation informs a revised model; actual skills require appropriate instruction and safe practical assessment.

1. Read or listen to the pretend story. Point to the details the question gives you.
2. Subtract the target coordinate from the recorded coordinate. Keep the sign and name the direction in paper-grid units.
3. Check your answer against the example. Say what matches and what you would change.
4. Try the practice questions, then the extra task. Drawing or spoken answers are welcome.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Changed case: resultCoordinate=15, targetCoordinate=9. Show the operation. Expected: 15-9=6 grid units right. Explain what the unit means and remember that this is a pretend calculation.

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