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reSolve: Addition – partitioning
This sequence of two lessons explores early algebraic thinking around the concept of equivalence. Students develop equivalence understanding by partitioning numbers into two parts. They explore the commutative property and compensation as they are challenged to find all possible combinations. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 1
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Addition and subtraction Operating with number
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Counting processes (P6) Number and place value (P3, P4) Additive strategies (P6)
- Publisher
- reSolve Maths by Inquiry
- Copyright
- © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- counting associative law
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