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Special expansions
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 expanding brackets and factorising algebraic fractions. 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 10 |
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | algebraic fraction, expanding brackets, simplifying, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Algebra |
| Topics | Algebraic expressions |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10A01
Expand, factorise and simplify expressions and solve equations algebraically, applying exponent laws involving products, quotients and powers of variables, and the distributive property |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P9)
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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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