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Sum and product of integers inquiry

The prompt sets up a conjecture involving products and sums for the students to explore. The students have to understand the vocabulary of question and then can be guided through the inquiry. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes, guided questions and extension prompts.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 4
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	odd, even, product, sum
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Multiplication and division, Integers
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M4N02 Explain and use the properties of odd and even numbers AC9M4N06 Develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P8) Multiplicative strategies (P6, P7) Number and place value (P7)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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