create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties
Elaborations
rearranging and simplifying linear expressions involving variables with integer coefficients and constants; and using manipulatives such as algebra tiles to support calculations, for example, using manipulatives to demonstrate that 2x+4=2x+2, 3a-b=3a-3b, or 5m+2n+3m-4n=5m+10n+3m-4n=8m+6n
demonstrating the relationship between factorising and expanding linear expressions using manipulatives, such as algebra tiles or area models, and describing with mathematical language
using the distributive, associative, commutative, identity and inverse properties to expand and factorise algebraic expressions using strategies such as the area model
Code
VC2M8A01
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