Using the Target Number Strategy
Students will have the opportunity to use mental thinking strategies for addition; subtraction; multiplication; money; fractions; decimals; measurement; and making combinations using the four operations, brackets and indices.
The activities in the book are open-ended problems, which allows for students from any level to respond to the target number according to their understanding of mathematics and focus on ‘look for all possibilities’ and ‘guess, check and improve’ problem-solving strategies.
Suitable for Ages 5-12