Summer Olympic Games

The worksheet features a word problem related to the Summer Olympic Games, specifically the 31st occurrence of the event, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. The question asks students to determine in what year the first Summer Olympics (Games I) were held, given that the Olympics occur every four years. This requires students to perform a calculation that involves counting backward in increments of four years from 2016.

The objective of this worksheet is to teach students about historical sequencing and the use of subtraction and multiples in a practical context. It introduces them to the concept of working with intervals (in this case, every four years) and applying this to a historical timeline. This exercise helps enhance students’ numerical reasoning, their ability to perform arithmetic operations with real-world data, and their understanding of time intervals in relation to significant events.