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Odd sum and product
The prompt sets up a conjecture involving products and sums for the students to explore. The students have to understand the vocabulary of question and then can be guided through the inquiry. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes, guided questions and extension prompts.
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Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation |
Keywords | odd, even, product, sum |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
Topics | Multiplication and division, Integers |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA071
Investigate and use the properties of odd and even numbers
ACMNA076
Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder
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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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