Olympic Torch Route

LI: To use the most efficient strategy to find the answers.

This activity was based around calculating distance and time with the given information to create an efficient route for the Olympics Torch. We have been focusing on completing maths challenges that resemble the olympics. We answered a list of questions (see below) to answer and write about. We created our route and determined the most efficient answers to the questions.

'What is the total distance of your route in kilometers?', 'How many minutes long is the route?', 'How much longer (in terms of time) is the route when passing through another city or other cities along the way compared with the direct journey between the starting city and your final destination?', 'Now you could try and find the longest route (in terms of distance) for visiting all five cities (we might decide we will only visit each city once)', 'What about the shortest route for visiting all five cities?' and 'How much longer does it take to travel the longest route compared to the shortest route?'.

I enjoyed this task because it challenged me to create an interesting and efficient route to the Olympic Torch. One thing I would like to do differently next time is creating multiple routes and comparing them to see which one is longest and shortes in terms of time as well as distance, then being able to answer the questions.