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Surds (Year 10a)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of surds. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10A |
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | surds, roots, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Algebra |
| Topics | Indices |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA264
Define rational and irrational numbers and perform operations with surds and fractional indices
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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