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Fair feast
In this resource students are asked to help two friends divide the food they have for a picnic fairly. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes and sample student solutions.
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Year level(s) | Year 1, Year 2 |
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Audience | Teacher, Student |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
Keywords | pizza, fairly, divide |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
Topics | Multiplication and division |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA004
Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing
ACMNA015
Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
ACMNA032
Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations
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National numeracy learning progression |
Multiplicative strategies
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MuS1
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | NRICH |
Copyright | © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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