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...
Understanding Inequalities on Number Lines (Parent Q&A)
This guide explains the main ideas in the lesson about inequalities and their representation on number lines. Open Full Article...
Understanding Inequalities on Number Lines (Teach This Topic)
This guide supports a home-educating parent in teaching how inequalities describe ranges of values and how those ranges are shown on number lines. Open Full Article...
Understanding Inequalities on Number Lines
If x is greater than 4, does that mean x has one answer or infinitely many possible values? 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...