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reSolve: Authentic problems – Grandma's soup
This sequence of four lessons focuses on counting large collections of objects and developing efficient counting strategies. Students explore the ambiguous nature of a 'handful' and investigate how different-sized hands and different grabbing techniques will result in different quantities of macaroni. 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'.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 1
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Operating with number
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Number and place value (P4) Counting processes (P6)
- Publisher
- reSolve Maths by Inquiry
- Copyright
- © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- number line place value skip counting
- Other terms
- numerical order
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