Additive Thinking and Mental Strategies · Operations and Algebra
Word Problems and Logic
Translating narrative scenarios into mathematical expressions and solving for unknowns.
Key Questions
- 1Which words in a story indicate that we need to find the difference?
- 2How can drawing a bar model help us visualize a missing part of a whole?
- 3What makes a word problem difficult to solve?
NCCA Curriculum Specifications
NCCA: Primary - AlgebraNCCA: Primary - Problem Solving
Class/Year: 3rd Year
Subject: Mathematical Foundations and Real World Reasoning
Unit: Additive Thinking and Mental Strategies
Period: Operations and Algebra
Suggested Methodologies
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