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Algebraic expressions

This resource provides the teacher with detailed explanations and worked examples on the following areas of algebraic expression: distributive law, using strategies such as the area model; recognising the relationship between factorising and expanding; and understanding the laws used with numbers can also be used with algebra. Students can access the resource to deepen their understanding of the topic as they read through the worked examples and complete the practice questions presented.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Content knowledge, Evidence-based approaches, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching, Collaborative learning, Worked examples
Keywords	distributive law, four operations, expanding brackets, factorising, numerical factors, common factor, expansion, simplifying, pronumerals, commutative and associative laws, difference
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Algebra, Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Algebraic expressions, Multiplication and division, Addition and subtraction, Multiples, factors and powers
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8A01 Create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7)
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