Multiplication: What is a Plocoroo?
In this sequence of two tasks, students use an animal flip book to explore the multiplicative idea of 'for each' by determining the number of possible animal combinations, represented as a Cartesian product.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | permutations, combinations, multiplications, problem solving, tree diagrams, cartesian product |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number |
| Topics | Properties of number, Multiplication and division |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5N06
Solve problems involving multiplication of larger numbers by one- or two-digit numbers, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; check the reasonableness of answers |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Australian Academy of Science |
| Copyright | © 2025 Australian Academy of Science. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
