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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'.
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Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Keywords | fractions, place value, decimals, centicubes, multiplication |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding, Measurement |
Topics | Multiplication and division, Mass and capacity |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA073
Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least tens of thousands to assist calculations and solve problems
ACMNA076
Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder
ACMNA079
Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths. Make connections between fractions and decimal notation
ACMMG290
Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume
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National numeracy learning progression |
Multiplicative strategies
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MuS5
Understanding units of measurement - UuM7 |
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Organisation | reSolve Maths by Inquiry |
Copyright | © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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