Table Reader
How many packed lunches does this table show for Hazel in the Tuesday column? Choose the number, then tap the cell you took it from.
This engine’s own main skill is Reading a value out of a table. It practises compare table values alongside it.
Run along the Hazel row until you reach the Tuesday column: the two meet at 16. Swapping the row number and the column number lands on the Oak row in the Monday column, which is 4. That is a real cell of this table, but not the one asked for, and that swap is the slip worth naming out loud every time you use a table. Keep a finger on the row and a finger on the column and bring them together, rather than trusting your eye to stay level.
- Step 1. Read it. Choose the number the table shows.
- Step 2. Show where. Now tap the cell you read it from.
What to say if they get stuck
- Find the row name down the side and the column name across the top. Those names tell you where to look.
- Run along the row and down the column until they meet. The cell where they meet is the cell the question asks about.
- Check you have not swapped them. Row names run down the side and column names run across the top.
