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Choosing Maths Tools

Select and use tools and representations strategically: choose between mental methods, formal written methods, algebraic approaches, coordinate grids, and technology based on the demands of the problem

Typical age: 1011 years

When your child chooses how to tackle a maths problem, do they pick the most efficient approach — using algebra for a complex generalisation, a coordinate grid for a geometry problem, or mental arithmetic for a simple calculation?

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