Springboard maths concepts
These videos cover a range of mathematical concepts and are intended to demonstrate maths used in everyday situations.
Use these videos with supporting teacher guides as a springboard to explore mathematical concepts.
The teacher guide highlights the key concepts of each video with suggestions on how to follow up in the classroom.
![Additive strategies: Years 2–4 Image](/media/vi2hngst/addition-and-subtraction-on-the-number-line-using-landmark-numbers.png)
Additive strategies: Years 2–4
Use this video and teaching guide to explore the use of computation strategies, rounding and estimation in real-world, additive situations.
![Multiplication: 2 digit by 2 digit numbers: Years 4–5 Image](/media/pnynnuet/multiplicative-strategies_thumbnail.png)
Multiplication: 2 digit by 2 digit numbers: Years 4–5
Use this video and teaching guide to explore multiplicative strategies, methods and models to solve a given worded problem.
![Area and perimeter: Years 4–6 Image](/media/ev5ldtkc/area-and-perimeter_teaching-guide_humbnail.png)
Area and perimeter: Years 4–6
Use this video and teaching guide to explore concepts of area and perimeter, and connect these ideas to real-world situations.
![Decimal fractions: Years 4–6 Image](/media/3eld1mdx/decimal-fractions.jpg)
Decimal fractions: Years 4–6
Use this video and teaching guide to explore decimal fractions, how they are represented and how we use them in day-to-day contexts.
![Fractions as division: Years 5–6 Image](/media/og5pj3ve/fractions-as-division_thumbnail.png)
Fractions as division: Years 5–6
Use this video and teaching guide as a springboard to explore multiplicative thinking using fractions, and to apply that thinking to sharing anything when there is not a whole number answer, drawing on reasoning.
![Algebra basics: Years 6–7 Image](/media/1mxet0d2/algebra-basic_thumbnail.png)
Algebra basics: Years 6–7
Use this video and teaching guide as a springboard to introduce algebraic thinking, and to apply that thinking to a financial context, drawing on reasoning.
![Volume and modelling: Year 7 Image](/media/snaaeaob/volume-and-modelling_teaching-guide_thumbnail.png)
Volume and modelling: Year 7
Use this video and teaching guide as a springboard to explore volume of composite shapes, adjusting numbers to make calculations friendlier, and drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.
![Algebraic equations: Years 7 Image](/media/dpnc5rtq/algebraic-equations_thumbnail.png)
Algebraic equations: Years 7
Use this video and teaching guide as a springboard to explore algebraic thinking, and to apply that thinking to a financial context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.
![Proportional reasoning: Years 7–8 Image](/media/q5gpusey/proportional-reasoning_thumbnail.png)
Proportional reasoning: Years 7–8
Use this video and teaching guide as a springboard to explore scaling or proportional thinking, and to apply that thinking to a food-related context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.