WALHT: Solve division problems with remainders

Over the last few days, some of our learners have been learning to solve division problems by giving faction answers rather than remainders.

Some understood the concept quickly and moved on to stretch questions (like 1,852 divided by 12) and others built their knowledge using uni-link cubes.  A group of learners was really in the pit at one stage but thanks to their determination and awesome connection-making, they've really advanced their thinking!

Here's Tyran to share his thinking with you...

listen to ‘tyran's reflection on maths’ on audioBoom

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Independent Maths Learning in LH1

Today our learners were set the challenge to decide upon their own learning as part of maths today.  We discussed what learning should look and feel like if it's targeted at the right level and came up with these ideas:

Dylan and Sam decided to extend their statistical thinking.  Yesterday they looked at the most likely numbers to come up when rolling two dice and today they connected what they already knew and decided to investigate the least likely number to be rolled.

What an awesome student-led investigation!

"It's more fun because we've decided we wanted to learn it" - Dylan

How many ways can you make 2?  

How many ways can you make 12?

Should these be just as likely to come up as each other or is one more likely?