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Mixed numbers inquiry
In this prompt students explore the connection between subtraction and division. Start by asking if the prompt is true, look for other examples and then work towards finding a general rule. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes, guided questions and a solution.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 10
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Fractions
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M10A01
- Numeracy progression
- Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P9)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- fraction
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