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Number Talks - Number Pairs Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 26 task cards.
Use this set of task cards to easily implement number talks into your classroom.
Number talks are meant to be short, daily maths activities that allow students to have meaningful and highly engaging conversations about maths. Simply show students the front of the card, and ask the prompts on the back. These exchanges will lead to the development of more accurate, efficient, and flexible strategies for students.
This card set is a great teaching resource to help students begin to analyze and extend number patterns using an input-output, or function, table.
Print out the task cards front and back so that the prompts are displayed on the back of each card. The cards can also be put on a ring for added convenience.
This set also includes two blank function table cards that can be used to create your own or a student generated number pattern. Just laminate and use a dry erase marker for continued use.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- MA2-8NA
PatternsandAlgebra - generalises properties of odd and even numbers, generates number patterns, and completes simple number sentences by calculating missing values
- MA3-8NA
Analyses and creates geometric and number patterns, constructs and completes number sentences, and locates points on the Cartesian plane
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACMNA121
Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving multiplication and division and identify equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division
- ACMNA083
Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving addition and subtraction and identify equivalent number sentences involving addition and subtraction

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