CPA approach + Bar modelling in Fraction
Concrete stage: Using connecting cubes as manipulatives Pictorial stage: Drawing of pictures / bar model Abstract stage: Using mathematical symbols and statements
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Multiplication
Multiplication of Fractions in application
This is the work of a Year 5 (UK) child showing how to present his thoughts in pictorial form and in abstract computation format.
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Bar Model: Pears & Mangoes
Ali bought 8 pears and 6 mangoes. A mango costs 4 times as much as a pear. If 2 pears and 1 mango
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Mathematical symbols and their representation
This post is a response to the article, ‘Why 5+5+5 doesn’t always make 15: Maths exam question divides the internet’. Mathematical symbols convey
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A-rhythm-etic. Math in Music
Good example to demonstrate the difference between 3 groups of 4 and 4 groups of 3, though the total of both is 12.
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