Download : Rearranging equations [No factorisation]
Download : Rearranging equations [With factorisation]
I never know what to call this topic.
I’ve broken it down into two PowerPoints and I have run it for my year 9s over 3/4 lessons. The first PowerPoint is the better one.
There’s a focus on what it means for something to BE the subject. When I used these slides this week, these questions generated the best discussion and revealed some misconceptions I didn’t really think would be there. A significant number of the class thought 2a was fine as the subject of an equation.
Not to blow my own trumpet. but I think the questions where students have to identify if the first step was good or not was also a great conversation driver. I love this idea of just looking at the first step.
The second PowerPoint is much more boring. It’s a few example problem pairs and a few questions looking at more difficult rearrangements, where you need to factorise.
I’m sure you could jazz this up a little bit, but I really think this is challenging enough for students, and needs to be given detailed, close attention.
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