VO: Puss in Boots has arrived, unannounced, at Panto House. The Ugly Sisters are not impressed. Puss has been lounging on the sofa eating sugar mice, and to make things worse, his boots stink. Really stink.
Angular: Ooh. Ooh, you bad, bad, bad pussy cat. You should be ashamed of yourself.
VO: Oh, nothing’s working. They need a cunning plan.
Angular: We'll get that moggie's boots.
VO: The sisters mean business.
VO: Oh, those boots stink worse than the acting.
There are six unusual washing options. It’s on the maximum setting. The red one. That should do the job.
Angular: That should do the job.
Angular: Oh, what's it. Oh. Graphica! Me machine's on the blink! Oh.
VO: That Super Stinky wash has sent the machine into overdrive.
Angular: Oh, spring meadow.
VO: Well the boots may be clean, but the dial is stuck.
Look at the dial. Remember, there are three hundred and sixty degrees in a circle. The dial has six settings on it equally spaced.
How many degrees are there on each setting?
How many degrees did the pointer turn from Off to Super Stinky?
Estimate how many degrees the pointer has moved on from Super Stinky. And what type of triangle is the pointer?
Video summary
The Ugly Sisters are not happy because Puss in Boots has very dirty and stinky boots.
They pull them off his feet and put them in the washing machine.
The machine has six settings (including the 'off' setting) on the dial, equally spaced.
There is a reminder that there are 360 degrees in a circle and then three angle-related questions of increasing difficulty are asked, working on sixths of 360 degrees.
This is from the series: Let's Do Maths
Teacher Notes
Working with the fact that there are 360 degrees in a full circle and that angles are degrees of turn, the washing machine dial sets a real life context for working out fractions of a circle and angle learning.
This clip will be relevant for teaching Maths at KS2 in England and Wales, Early and First Level and Second Level in Scotland and KS1 and KS2 in Northern Ireland.
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