Check your Work

Title : Check your Work ISBN :     Published Price : TBA

About
Check Your Work is the essential blackline master to encourage students to stop and think
before they go and ask their teacher 'Is this right?" Many students rarely question the
reasonableness of a calculation even if they have written an answer that can't possibly be
correct.
Designed to address the question of 'How to check your work', this book has practical activities
ranging from intuitive checks to understanding the basic properties of numbers and using
alternative approaches to the calculations. Also included are activities that address the issue
of checking the reasonableness of results on calculators.

Features:

• activities to promote checking the reasonableness of a calculation result
• supports the learning of basic number properties
• activities range from basic to intermediate and advanced levels of understanding
• errors involving calculators addressed
• activities designed to arouse curiosity and extend thinking
• reader-friendly teachers notes to support each checking strategy
• ideas for teachers to extend the activity
• clear and detailed explanations and answers
• linked to outcome statements