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Difference of two squares inquiry

Use this prompt to encourage a discussion and investigation of the difference of two squares. By using guided questions students can be prompted to investigate different questions using visual, concrete and algebraic techniques. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	squares, powers, difference, proof
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Algebra, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Algebraic expressions
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9A02 Simplify algebraic expressions, expand binomial products and factorise monic quadratic expressions
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P9)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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