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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.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Foundation, Year 1, Year 2
Audience	Teacher, Student
Purpose	Teaching resource, Student task
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Keywords	pizza, fairly, divide
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Multiplication and division
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9MFN05 Represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies AC9M1N04 Add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies AC9M2N05 Multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P2, P6) Number and place value (P3) Counting processes (P2) Multiplicative strategies (P5)
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