Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do
Construct expressions and solve.
- FTM(S) pp. 122-5 - Acrobat pdf document (72Kb)
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Probing questions
How do you decide where to start when solving a linear equation?
Having given pupils a list of linear equations ask:
Which of these are easy to solve? Which are difficult and why?
What strategies are important with the difficult ones?
How many solutions does the equation 6 = 2p − 8 have?
Give me other equations with the same solution.
Why? How do you know?
How do you go about constructing equations from information given in a problem?
How do you check whether it works?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
This lesson uses the matching method to develop pupils' understanding of constructing and solving linear equations.
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