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Steps inquiry
This prompt invites students to place a number in the larger circle and calculate the results of taking the steps in the two paths.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | flow chart, multiplication, addition, two-step problem |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra, Number, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
| Topics | Patterns and algebra, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division, Operating with number |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7A01
Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown
AC9M7A02
Formulate algebraic expressions using constants, variables, operations and brackets |
| Numeracy progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6)
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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