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Algebraic expressions
This resource provides the teacher with detailed explanations and worked examples on the following areas of algebraic expression: distributive law, using strategies such as the area model; recognising the relationship between factorising and expanding; and understanding the laws used with numbers can also be used with algebra. Students can access the resource to deepen their understanding of the topic as they read through the worked examples and complete the practice questions presented.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Student, Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Evidence-based approaches, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching, Collaborative learning, Worked examples |
| Keywords | distributive law, four operations, expanding brackets, factorising, numerical factors, common factor, expansion, simplifying, pronumerals, commutative and associative laws, difference |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra, Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
| Topics | Algebraic expressions, Multiplication and division, Addition and subtraction, Multiples, factors and powers |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8A01
Create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © Education Services Australia. Free-for-education material. |
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