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Product of factors inquiry
This prompt sets up a conjecture about the product of factors. Students form questions based on the conjecture and investigate their questions. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes, guided questions and extension prompts.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Multiplication and division
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M7N02
- Numeracy progression
- Multiplicative strategies (P9)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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