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...
Finding Patterns and Testing Conjectures (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains how the lesson moves from noticing patterns to forming, testing and refining conjectures. Open Full Article...
Finding Patterns and Testing Conjectures
If a pattern has worked every time it has been checked, must it always be true? Open Full Article...
Finding Patterns and Testing Conjectures (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a conversation about how mathematicians move from noticing patterns to making and testing precise conjectures. 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...
