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Fraction of a number inquiry
Throughout this inquiry students will develop an understanding of how to find a fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number. Teachers can use the inquiry to explicitly teach the concept and engage students as they discuss the worked example presented. The inquiry provides opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of fractions developing algebraic reasoning.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6
- Purpose
- Teaching strategies Planning Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Fractions Operating with number Decimals Multiplication and division Multiples, factors and powers
- Audience
- Students Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M6N09
- Numeracy progression
- Additive strategies (P8) Multiplicative strategies (P8) Understanding money (P8)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- division denominator
- Other terms
- multiplication numerator
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