Treasure Island

Why do this problem?

This problem is an interesting way of practising using coordinates in the first quadrant. The answer is found in a way which will intrigue able young learners.

Key questions

What can you find at the point given by these coordinates?

Can you think of another word that might describe this object?

What is the initial letter of this word?

What do these letters spell out?

Possible extension

Learners could make their own treasure island map on squared giving the coordinates of various objects.

Possible support

Suggest finding the objects at each of the given coordinates and writing down their names. It is the initial letter of the picture clues which you need to spell out the answer.