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Ratio inquiry
This ratio inquiry is about making connections, generating examples, and finding patterns and rules. The inquiry encourages students to regulate their own activity while exploring a prompt (an equation, statement or diagram). It involves students in questioning, analysing, conjecturing and generalising. Students can create their own examples using the template or prompt sheets provided. Teachers can make reference to the PowerPoint presentation provided on Ratio Inquiry.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource Teaching strategies
- Strand
- Algebra Number
- Topic
- Addition and subtraction Decimals Algebraic expressions Data representation and interpretation Integers Multiples, factors and powers Multiplication and division Operating with number Patterns and algebra Proportion, rates and ratios
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M7N08
- Numeracy progression
- Interpreting fractions (P8) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Proportional thinking (P3)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- relation ratio
- Other terms
- reciprocal
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