Landscaping and Sowing Seeds- Unknown Quantities Complex Question
Landscaping and Sowing Seeds- Unknown Quantities Complex Question
Landscaping and Sowing Seeds- Unknown Quantities Complex Question
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Description
This real-world learning activity requires learners to use appropriate strategies and inverse operations to find unknown quantities.
The task is using known quantities to calculate the area of a backyard, the amount of product needed (gypsum), how many tonnes of loam were ordered, and the possible dimensions of the area.
It has been carefully designed to spark students' interests with real-world contexts, and ensures they will need to use problem solving skills and reasoning to justify their answers. Teachers can easily focus on helping their students to develop their resilience, resourcefulness and reflectiveness within this complex and unfamiliar question.
Resource Details
- Curriculum alignment
- File types1 PDF
Curriculum alignment details
This resource is intended for the following use:
Curriculum:
South AustraliaContent Descriptors:
AC9M5A01: Recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number factsAC9M5A02: Find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operationsAC9M5N06: Solve problems involving multiplication of larger numbers by one- or two-digit numbers, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; check the reasonableness of answersAC9M5N07: Solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fractionFurther context or application:
Not specified
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Description
This real-world learning activity requires learners to use appropriate strategies and inverse operations to find unknown quantities.
The task is using known quantities to calculate the area of a backyard, the amount of product needed (gypsum), how many tonnes of loam were ordered, and the possible dimensions of the area.
It has been carefully designed to spark students' interests with real-world contexts, and ensures they will need to use problem solving skills and reasoning to justify their answers. Teachers can easily focus on helping their students to develop their resilience, resourcefulness and reflectiveness within this complex and unfamiliar question.
Resource Details
- Curriculum alignment
- File types1 PDF
Curriculum alignment details
This resource is intended for the following use:
Curriculum:
South AustraliaContent Descriptors:
AC9M5A01: Recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number factsAC9M5A02: Find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operationsAC9M5N06: Solve problems involving multiplication of larger numbers by one- or two-digit numbers, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; check the reasonableness of answersAC9M5N07: Solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fractionFurther context or application:
Not specified