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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.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 content descriptions |
ACMNA175
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters
ACMNA177
Extend and apply the laws and properties of arithmetic to algebraic terms and expressions
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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