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Multiplication and addition
This lesson explores the connection between multiplying a number by a decimal and the addition of the same number and decimal multiplied by 10. By asking if this always happens, the students investigate place value using simple algebra. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes and inquiry prompts.
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Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Assessment task, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Explicit teaching, Mathematics investigation, Questioning |
Keywords | decimal, place value, multiplication |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Algebra, Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Decimals, Place value, Multiples, factors and powers |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA175
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters
ACMNA177
Extend and apply the laws and properties of arithmetic to algebraic terms and expressions
ACMNA129
Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies
ACMNA130
Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10
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National numeracy learning progression |
Quantifying numbers
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QuN9
Operating with decimals Number patterns and algebraic thinking |
Copyright details |
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Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
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