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Fractions inequality inquiry

In this lesson students explore an inequality where the fraction on the right side of the inequality is not half way between the other two, despite both numerator and denominator being exactly in the middle. The resources includes the prompt, teacher notes and examples of student work.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Extension, Student task, Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Feedback, Questioning, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	fraction, inequality, addition
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Fractions, Place value
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7N04 Find equivalent representations of rational numbers and represent rational numbers on a number line
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P9) Interpreting fractions (P8) Number and place value (P10)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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