Animation Worksheet: Flipbooks
Creator's tip (Trace and change): Seconds = pages ÷ pages flipped each second; pages = seconds × pages each second. Change only a little on each page; trace the page before. Draw near the free edge, use thin paper and number the pages.
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- 1.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “repeat to the last page”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) pick a simple idea
- 2.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 21 pages take?
- 3.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) pick a simple idea (c) flip with your thumb (d) draw the first page
- 4.📒 A flipbook needs 48 pages. You have drawn 45. How many pages are still to draw?
- 5.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “change a bit each page”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 6.📒 A flipbook has 55 pages. You flip 11 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 7.📒 A flipbook has 40 pages. You flip 8 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 8.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 29 pages take?
- 9.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the spine”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 10.📒 A flipbook needs 32 pages. You have drawn 15. How many pages are still to draw?
- 11.📒 A flipbook needs 43 pages. You have drawn 19. How many pages are still to draw?
- 12.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 18 pages take?
- 13.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “draw the first page” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) draw the first page
- 14.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea (c) draw the first page (d) trace and change a bit
- 15.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thin paper”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 16.True or false: “use thick card” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “repeat to the last page” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page
- 18.True or false: “start with a simple ball” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “trace the page before” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 5 seconds when you flip 6 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 21.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 26 pages take?
- 22.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a simple idea (b) draw the first page (c) trace and change a bit (d) flip with your thumb
- 23.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “pick a simple idea”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) flip with your thumb (c) draw the first page (d) repeat to the last page
- 24.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 2 seconds when you flip 12 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 25.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 40 pages take?
- 26.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 38 pages take?
- 27.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 29.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) draw the first page (b) repeat to the last page (c) trace and change a bit (d) pick a simple idea
- 31.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 33 pages take?
- 32.📒 A flipbook has 42 pages. You flip 7 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 33.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “flip with your thumb”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea
- 36.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “trace and change a bit” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) pick a simple idea
- 37.📒 A flipbook has 33 pages. You flip 11 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 38.True or false: “use thick card” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 5 seconds when you flip 12 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 40.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) trace and change a bit
Answer key
- pick a simple idea
- 63
- repeat to the last page
- 3
- good tip
- 5
- 5
- 58
- poor tip
- 17
- 24
- 36
- draw the first page
- flip with your thumb
- good tip
- True
- pick a simple idea
- True
- False
- 30
- 52
- flip with your thumb
- draw the first page
- 24
- 40
- 114
- True
- good tip
- True
- pick a simple idea
- 165
- 6
- False
- False
- pick a simple idea
- pick a simple idea
- 3
- False
- 60
- pick a simple idea
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