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Decimal multiplication inquiry 2
This lesson explores the connection between multiplying a number by a decimal and the addition of the same number and decimal multiplied by 10. By asking if this always happens, the students investigate place value using simple algebra. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes and inquiry prompts.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6 Year 7
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource Teaching strategies
- Strand
- Algebra Number
- Topic
- Decimals Place value Multiples, factors and powers
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Number and place value (P9)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- place value
- Other terms
- multiplication
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