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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, Year 5
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 (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M5A02 Find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operations AC9M6A01 Recognise and use rules that generate visually growing patterns and number patterns involving rational numbers
Numeracy progression	Multiplicative strategies (P7) Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P5)
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