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Investigating Quadrilaterals – Part 3
On analysing the properties of different quadrilaterals in Part 1 and Part 2, (https://connect2context.com/2025/03/20/investigating-quadrilaterals/ and https://connect2context.com/2025/03/26/investigating-quadrilaterals-part-2/) here is a ‘Quadrilateral Classification tree‘ which would be helpful in understanding their grouping, when used in conjunction with the ‘Quadrilateral Chart’ table in the Part 1. The above chart is read as ‘Square is a rectangle’;…
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What’s in the shape?
There are many food chains offering variety of pizzas in different sizes and flavours across India. Mostly we see pizzas being offered in a circular shape. But recently I came across few restaurants like Olio and Dominos offering pizzas in a non-circular shape too. How does it matter for the pizza lovers as to what…
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Math and Matches
IPL matches are the talk of the town. Why not we do some activity based on that? This activity involves the skill of reading graphs and to reason out rates/ slope in an interesting way. Rates with LSG vs PBKS LSG vs PBKS_solution Let us first analyse using the graph included in the document, and…
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Investigating Quadrilaterals – Part 2
In continuation with exploring more on quadrilaterals, here comes an interesting activity based on the analysis in Part 1 (https://connect2context.com/2025/03/20/investigating-quadrilaterals/) “2 Truths and a Lie” In this activity there are sets of 3 statements , in which 2 of them are true and 1 is a lie. Find the lie and correct it. The…
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How to introduce “Quadrilateral”?
Just reading through the different types of quadrilaterals with their corresponding properties is a mundane task. How can we make it interesting? I love when the concepts are introduced along with literature (story-based books). One such book for early grades is “If you were a Quadrilateral” by Molly Blaisdell. This book gives a basic understanding…
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Investigating Quadrilaterals – Part 1
We see shapes in everything! Shapes are classified based on their properties. Few properties include: Number of sides Length of sides Number of angles (corners) Types of angles (acute, obtuse, right-angle) Parallel lines We know that any 4-sided closed polygon is called a quadrilateral. But are all the 4-sided ones the same? There are other…
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Math with membership
Times have changed. Now, we have the luxury of shopping groceries and home-essentials right from the comfort of home. Delivery service companies are competing to attract customers by offering varied selection of products, free delivery, faster delivery time, offers, coupons and what not. Sometimes, savings come along with the purchase of membership plans too. Here…
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Doughnuts and more!
Who doesn’t like Doughnuts! Yumm, right?! Krispy Kreme runs several offers on doughnuts from time to time. Being the final day of Champions trophy, they have introduced few “Match Day Special” offers too. Let’s compare one such offer to find out what works to be a sweet deal! …
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License plate activity
Gone are the days when people wait to plan for a trip (long/short) by booking train or bus tickets well in advance and eagerly awaiting their travel. With the development of technology and infrastructure, road trips are much preferred these days for the comfort and flexibility they offer. Some trips are short, but few take…
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Who will be the semi-finalists of CT 2025?
With the group matches of Champions trophy coming to a close, the Group A standings make it clear that New Zealand and India get qualified as Semi-finalists, with 4 points each. What about the semi-finalists from Group B? Who do you think will qualify for the semi-finals? Results of the two matches of Group B…
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