Simplifying Problems with Diagrams and Tables (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-educated learner aged 11 to 16 in choosing diagrams and tables that make mathematical relationships easier to see. Open Full Article...
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Simplifying Problems with Diagrams and Tables (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains how diagrams and tables can organise mathematical information for learners aged 11 to 16. Open Full Article...
Simplifying Problems with Diagrams and Tables
A difficult-looking problem can become easier to reason about when its information is organised differently. Open Full Article...
Working Backwards from a Result (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains working backwards as a general mathematical strategy. Open Full Article...
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...
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...