Explain how to represent an equation with a bar model
I can explain how to represent an equation with a bar model.
Explain how to represent an equation with a bar model
I can explain how to represent an equation with a bar model.
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Key learning points
- The model can represent a scaling structure with one part being __ times the size of the other.
- The model can represent an additive structure.
Keywords
Represent - To represent something means to show something in a different way.
Common misconception
Pupils opt to represent the problem using two separate bar models that are stacked on top of one another.
Whilst pupils can represent the maths how they wish, these problems tend to be more efficiently represented using a singular bar model with the whole at the top. Further iterations of these bar models can then be represented underneath.
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