Reasoning through maths puzzles
The activities practise basic mathematical skills and ask learners to explain how they reached answers.Exploratory / explanatoryExploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.Exploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.How the book presents it: The book presents maths as a set of problems to reason through, with activities arranged to increase in difficulty.
Talk about: Which ways of representing a problem—calculation, estimation, or a table—help you see a solution?