Using inverse operations
Recognise and use relationships between operations including inverse operations; use these relationships to check answers and simplify calculations
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If your child works out '252 ÷ 7 = 36', can they immediately use the inverse to check — '36 × 7 = 252' — without having to redo the division?
Recognise and use relationships between operations including inverse operations; use these relationships to check answers and simplify calculations
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- Use addition and subtraction as inverse operations to check and solve problems
- Use multiplication and division as inverse operations to check and solve problems
- Recognise that squaring and square-rooting are inverse operations
“If your child works out '252 ÷ 7 = 36', can they immediately use the inverse to check — '36 × 7 = 252' — without having to redo the division?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 11–12
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