Grades 3-4 Video Solutions 2024-2024_3-4

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Question 4. Soccer players numbered 1 to 11 stand in a circle. Each player kicks the ball to the third player on their left.  Player 1 starts. This kicking pattern continues until a player has the ball for the second time. What is the number of the player who kicked the ball last?  To solve this problem, we'll simply have to go every third player in a clockwise direction.  So 1 passes to 4, 4 to 7, 7 to 10, 10 to 2, 2 to 5, 5 to 8, 8 to 11, 11 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, and 9 to 1.  Now a player has the ball again, so the player who kicked it to them, 9, is the last one to kick it. So the correct answer will be C, 9.

Video Summary

Question 4. Soccer players numbered 1 to 11 stand in a circle. Each player kicks the ball to the third player on their left. Player 1 starts. This kicking pattern continues until a player has the ball for the second time. What is the number of the player who kicked the ball last? To solve this problem, we'll simply have to go every third player in a clockwise direction. So 1 passes to 4, 4 to 7, 7 to 10, 10 to 2, 2 to 5, 5 to 8, 8 to 11, 11 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, and 9 to 1. Now a player has the ball again, so the player who kicked it to them, 9, is the last one to kick it. So the correct answer will be C, 9.

Keywords

soccer

circle

kicking pattern

player numbers

last kick