F - Learning to use basic facts to solve problems
This resource is designed to accelerate target students who are learning to use basic facts to solve problems.
About this resource
Target group: Students in years 5–8
Focusing on:
- Understanding connections between sets of basic facts.
- Fast, fluent recall of the basic fact sets necessary for stage 6.
- Using basic fact knowledge when solving word problems.
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F: Learning to use basic facts to solve problems
Required materials
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Learning to Use basic facts to solve problems (.pdf)
Teacher observation over a range of activities
The student may have mastered the 2 times, 5 times, and 10 times tables and may know the basic facts for making 10, for doubles and halves to 100, and for near doubles to 20. The student may attempt to solve other multiplication problems by using repeated addition. They may use advanced counting or place value strategies to solve addition problems that could be solved using basic facts.
Possible barriers to the student’s progress
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