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Inequalities and substitution
The lesson aims to challenge students through exploring their understanding of inequalities and substitution. Students work collaboratively, following guided questions to explore the relationships between a set of inequalities. The lesson is aimed to challenge students' thinking, encouraging them to explore and deepen their conceptual understanding. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Feedback, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | inequality, substitution, algebra, squares, operations |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra, Number, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Algebraic expressions, Indices, Operating with number |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8A02
Graph linear relations on the Cartesian plane using digital tools where appropriate; solve linear equations and one-variable inequalities using graphical and algebraic techniques; verify solutions by substitution
AC9M8A01
Create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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