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reSolve: Bar Model Method: Introduction

This sequence of lessons introduces students to the Singapore Bar Model allowing them to visualise quantities in a problem. Students learn how to construct a model that represents the quantities in a given context. The sequence demonstrates part-whole and comparison models for whole numbers and fractions. It is recommended that these lessons are completed as a sequence. There is an overview of the Bar Model and the lessons are outlined in detail including vocabulary, curriculum links, discussion points and further activities. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 5
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	whole number, bar model, division, multiplication, subtraction, addition, fractions
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Fractions, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA100 Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by one- or two-digit numbers using efficient mental, written strategies and appropriate digital technologies ACMNA103 Investigate strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator ACMNA291 Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems ACMNA076 Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder ACMNA077 Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts ACMNA082 Solve word problems by using number sentences involving multiplication or division where there is no remainder ACMNA126 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators ACMNA127 Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies
National numeracy learning progression	Additive strategies - AdS8 Multiplicative strategies - MuS5
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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