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Negative numbers, index laws and algebra

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of using negative numbers and the index laws with algebra. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8, Year 9, Year 10
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	index, power, negative, term, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number, Algebra
Topics	Algebraic expressions
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8A01 Create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties AC9M10A01 Expand, factorise and simplify expressions and solve equations algebraically, applying exponent laws involving products, quotients and powers of variables, and the distributive property
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7, P9)
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Organisation	AMSI
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