Justifications
Without doing the calculations, decide whether each answer lies between 500 and
550. In each case, explain how you decided.
a 3 x 149
b 500 x 1.21
c Half of 1073
d 93 x 6
e 4000 ÷ 9
f 220 ÷ 0.42
Decoding
The class you are going to watch is the upper of two sets in a city school in Birmingham.
25% of the pupils in the school are eligible for free school meals. The pupils are decoding
these tables. Mary, their teacher, starts with table Y.
Table V
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A
F
G
C
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J
D
I
B
Table W
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J
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C
A
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Table Y
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Table Z
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D
C
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J
G
B
Consider and make notes on these questions as you watch the video.
1 What words and phrases do pupils use to link one part of their reasoning to
another?
2 Are there any examples of the pupils or teacher using a counter-example to
disprove a conjecture about a multiplication table?
3 What prompts does Mary use to guide pupils’ reasoning?
Handout 10.2
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