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Tangrams 2 – investigating fractions

Use tangram pieces to explore various maths ideas such as fractions and area. This task challenges students to prove their observations.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 3, Year 4
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Video
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Targeted teaching, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords	rectangle, square, triangle, parallelogram, fractions, half, quarter, reasoning, problem solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Space, Build understanding
Topics	Fractions, Shapes and objects, Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M3N02 Recognise and represent unit fractions including 12, 13, 14, 15 and 110 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole AC9M4N03 Find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation
Numeracy progression	Interpreting fractions (P5)
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Organisation	NSW Department of Education
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