Working Backwards from a Result (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-education session on working backwards from a known result to an unknown starting value. Open Full Article...
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Working Backwards from a Result
If you know where a calculation finished, can you reconstruct exactly where it started? Open Full Article...
Turning Word Problems into Mathematics (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains how the lesson treats written mathematical problems as situations containing quantities, relationships and a question to answer. Open Full Article...
Turning Word Problems into Mathematics (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports you in teaching learners aged 11 to 16 how to uncover the mathematical structure in written problems before calculating. Open Full Article...
Turning Word Problems into Mathematics
A paragraph about tickets can hide several different quantities and relationships. Open Full Article...
Using Algebra to Prove a Pattern (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains how algebra can prove that a pattern or general statement is true in every permitted case. Open Full Article...
Using Algebra to Prove a Pattern
If a pattern works for the first ten examples, how do we know it will still work for the millionth? Open Full Article...
Using Algebra to Prove a Pattern (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports you in teaching how algebra can prove that a numerical statement is true for every permitted value. Open Full Article...
Solving Equations by Balancing Both Sides (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-educating parent in teaching simple linear equations through equality, balancing and inverse operations. Open Full Article...
Solving Equations by Balancing Both Sides (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains the mathematical ideas in the lesson so parents can understand the language and method being taught. Open Full Article...