Simple formulae
Understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject, performing inverse operations to isolate a different variable
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“If a formula gives speed as distance ÷ time, can your child rearrange it to find distance or time when they're the unknowns instead?”
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- Activity. Understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject, performing inverse operations to isolate a different variable
What to notice. Identify the subject of a given formula • Use inverse operations to rearrange a formula to make a different variable the subject • Rearrange formulae involving multiple steps including fractions and powers
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If a formula gives speed as distance ÷ time, can your child rearrange it to find distance or time when they're the unknowns instead?
Understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject, performing inverse operations to isolate a different variable
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- Identify the subject of a given formula
- Use inverse operations to rearrange a formula to make a different variable the subject
- Rearrange formulae involving multiple steps including fractions and powers
“If a formula gives speed as distance ÷ time, can your child rearrange it to find distance or time when they're the unknowns instead?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Algebra
- Age range
- Ages 12–14
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