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reSolve: Authentic problems – 10,000 centicubes

This sequence of four lessons integrates content in number and measurement to deepen students' understanding and confidence working with larger numbers. Students work flexibly with numbers up to 10,000 as they determine suitable dimensions for a container that can hold 10,000 centicubes. They are challenged to plan, construct and justify their ideal container. The unit also provides opportunities for building the concepts of informal and formal units of volume. 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 special topic 'Authentic Problems'.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 4
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	fractions, place value, decimals, centicubes, multiplication
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding, Measurement
Topics	Multiplication and division, Mass and capacity
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M4N06 Develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder AC9M4N01 Recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P8) Number and place value (P7) Multiplicative strategies (P7)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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