Break it Up- Algebra task for primary pupils
Added: 24 Mar 2020
Contributor:
PDST
Resource type:
Activity
How many different ways can you break up a stick of 7 differently coloured cubes without changing the order of the cubes? Problem offers an introduction to algebraic thinking, however, it also begins very simply so everyone can make a reasonable start.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- Mathematics
Strand: Algebra
Suggestions for use: This problem offers an introduction to algebraic thinking, however, it also begins very simply so everyone can make a reasonable start. You could start by giving all the pupil/s some interlocking cubes and asking them to make a stick of seven. Then tell them to break their stick into two pieces and hold one piece in each hand. Ask how they have done this and write the various ways on the board and then enquire if there are any other ways that it could have been done.
