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Steps inquiry

This prompt invites students to place a number in the larger circle and calculate the results of taking the steps in the two paths.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	flow chart, multiplication, addition, two-step problem
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Algebra, Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Patterns and algebra, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7A01 Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown AC9M7A02 Formulate algebraic expressions using constants, variables, operations and brackets
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6)
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