Algebra basics video

Use this video as a springboard to introduce algebraic thinking, and to apply that thinking to a financial context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.

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Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6, Year 7
Audience	Student
Purpose	Student task
Format	Video
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Worked examples, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords	real world maths
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Algebra
Topics	Algebraic expressions
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N02 Identify and describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use these properties to solve problems and simplify calculations AC9M7A01 Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown AC9M7A02 Formulate algebraic expressions using constants, variables, operations and brackets AC9M7A03 Solve one-variable linear equations with natural number solutions; verify the solution by substitution
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P5, P6, P7) Understanding money (P7)
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