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Algebra: finding rules, forming expressions and solving equations

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for working algebraically, from exploring one-step and two-step function machines, using substitution and formulae, through to forming and solving equations.

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Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	function, rule, reasoning, problem-solving, word problem, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Algebra, Build understanding
Topics	Algebraic expressions
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA121 Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving multiplication and division and identify equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division ACMNA133 Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence
National numeracy learning progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking - NPA6, NPA7
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