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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.
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Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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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 |
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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
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National numeracy learning progression |
Additive strategies
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AdS8
Multiplicative strategies - MuS5 |
Copyright details |
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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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