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Equality & Equivalence�Check for Understanding slides

Created as part of the 2024 3-6 Mathematics Webinar Series: Equality & Equivalence

Presented on the 28th August 2024

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Checks for understanding ��Understanding the Equal sign Equivalence

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Check for Understanding

True or False

3.8 + 4.5 = 4.5 + 3.8

83 ÷ 83 = 0

Assessment for common misunderstandings. (2018, June 24). Www.education.vic.gov.au. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/assessment/Pages/misunderstandings.aspx

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Check for Understanding

Are the following equations true or false.

Show your working out to justify your response

14 = 10 + 4

8 = 8

6 + 7 = 7 + 6

3 + 4 = 5 + 2

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Check for Understanding

13 + 24 = ____ + 8

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Check for Understanding

13 - 4 = ____ - 8

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Check for Understanding

4 x 6 = ____ x 8

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Check for Understanding

5.7 + 3.5= ____ + 1.5

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Checks for understanding ��Computational Thinking

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True/ False Equations

Are the following equations true or false.

Show your working out to justify your response.

12 - (9 - 2) = (12 - 9) + 2 True or False?

(5 x 4) x 7 = (7 x 4) x 5 True or False?

8 + (3 x 8) = (5 x 8) - 8 True or False?

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Open number equations involving mixed operations��Find the missing number

= 12 – 8

3 x 21 = 7 x

(8 x 9) + = 8 x 10

Kızıltoprak, Ayhan. “Relational Thinking: The Bridge between Arithmetic and Algebra.” Lnternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, vol. 10, no. 1, 30 Sept. 2017, pp. 131–145, https://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2017131893 .

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Check for Understanding

True or False

5 + 2 + 6 = 14 – 1

18 x 27 + 19 = 27 + 19 x 18

Assessment for common misunderstandings. (2018, June 24). Www.education.vic.gov.au. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/assessment/Pages/misunderstandings.aspx

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Check for Understanding

True or False

(660 + 60) ÷ 12 − 4 × 5

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Check for Understanding

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Assessment for common misunderstandings. (2018, June 24). Www.education.vic.gov.au. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/assessment/Pages/misunderstandings.aspx

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Checks for understanding ��Relational Thinking

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True/ False Equations

Are the following equations true or false.

Show your working out to justify your response

37 + 54 = 35 + 5 True or False?

471 + 377 = 472 + 378 True or False?

564 + 56 − 59 = 561 True or False?

31 – 7 = 21 – 17 True or False?

Vale, C. (2013). Equivalence and Relational Thinking: Opportunities for Professional Learning. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 18(2) pp 36 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1093128.pdf

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Open Equations involving addition

Find the missing number

42 + 54 + = 56 + 45

62 + 38 = 60 +

92 + = 95 + 85

Kızıltoprak, Ayhan. “Relational Thinking: The Bridge between Arithmetic and Algebra.” Lnternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, vol. 10, no. 1, 30 Sept. 2017, pp. 131–145, https://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2017131893 .

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Open Equations involving subtraction

Find the missing numbers

71 – 52 = 72 –

75 – 32 = 73 – 28 –

627 – 125 = 625 –

Kızıltoprak, Ayhan. “Relational Thinking: The Bridge between Arithmetic and Algebra.” Lnternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, vol. 10, no. 1, 30 Sept. 2017, pp. 131–145, https://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2017131893 .

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Check for Understanding

13 + 7 = ____ + 6

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5.7 + 3.5= ____ + 1.5