Something in Common: Algebra
This sub-collection of resources from the ‘Something in Common’ collection contains three resources designed to bring a problem solving approach to the teaching of algebra in Key Stages 3 and 4. Each problem comes with several different versions of a problem that have ‘something in common’. Having discovered the ‘something in common’ the challenge is to understand the underlying mathematics that gives these results.
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Train length
In this resource the time is given for a train to pass a signal. The time is also given for a train to completely pass through a tunnel. It is assumed that the train is travelling at constant speed. The task is to calculate the length of the train.
Solving the problem requires the use of the formula for...
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| Subject(s) | Mathematics |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxewv9 |
