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Tangrams 3 – reimagining wholes

Return to the original square made up of tangram pieces and ask students: What if the square is worth 1 whole? What are each of the other pieces worth?

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Video
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Targeted teaching
Keywords	square, tangram, value, fractions, one whole, problem solving, reasoning, understanding, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Geometry, Build understanding
Topics	Fractions, Shapes and objects
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA126 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators ACMNA127 Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies
National numeracy learning progression	Multiplicative strategies Interpreting fractions - InF4
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Organisation	NSW Department of Education
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