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Addition pyramid
Throughout this inquiry students will use addition to sum numbers up in two adjacent cells to make the number in the top cell. Students are encouraged to extend their skills through using the four operations of number. Examples are provided to interpret collaboratively.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Student, Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Extension, Planning support, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Worked examples, Structuring lessons, Questioning, Growth mindset, Explicit teaching, Differentiated teaching, Collaborative learning, Mathematics investigation, Metacognitive strategies |
| Keywords | integers, four operations of number, numerical order |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
| Topics | Addition and subtraction, Integers, Operating with number |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7A01
Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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