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Fencing

This resource features a task that explores setting up and solving simultaneous equations in a practical context.

Jon is buying fencing for his yard. Prices are given for different combinations of posts and panels. Students use information in the task to set up and then solve a solve a pair of simultaneous equations. One equation is a multiple of the other.

A full rubric is given for the task, together with examples of student work. The student work has scores given, together with suggestions for questions to address misconceptions.

This task is from the Mathematics Assessment Resource Service, a collaboration between UC Berkeley and the Shell Centre team at the University of Nottingham. A full rubric is given for the task, together with examples of student work and suggestions for helping students overcome misconceptions. Further information on the collection is given here.

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Age11-14
Published2010 to 2019
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Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/rxfcoz

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