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Mathematics / Year 7 / Number and Algebra / Number and place value

Curriculum content descriptions

Apply the associative, commutative and distributive laws to aid mental and written computation (ACMNA151)

Elaborations
  • understanding that arithmetic laws are powerful ways of describing and simplifying calculations
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Mental arithmetic,  Distributivity,  Associativity,  Commutativity,  Written calculations

Interactive

Squirt: two containers

Examine the relationships between capacities of various containers. Look at two containers that may have different diameters, heights and shapes. Fill a container and squirt liquids between the containers to establish the proportional relationship. Express relationships using mathematical notation such as a=6xb.

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