[Maths-Education] Not just Ratio and Proportion

[Mike Askew]

How about this. also from the KS3 framework (p82 of examples):

Understand that:
* Multiplication is equivalent to and is more efficient than repeated addition

Is it the understanding of multiplication that is lacking or the
understanding of equivalence?

Mike

Mike Askew, Reader in Mathematics Education
Department of Education and Professional Studies
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