Class 3 Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) Maths

 

This week, most of Class 3 have been using the first stage of the CPA (Concrete, Abstract, Pictorial) approach in maths to develop their understanding of finding Factor Pairs of given numbers.

The CPA approach introduces abstract concepts in a concrete way. It involves moving from concrete materials, to pictorial representations, to abstract symbols and problems.

The children were finding the factors (2 numbers multiplied together to give an answer (or product)) of a given amount. They collected the same number of multilink cubes and they investigated how many different equal groups they could make. This was the concrete (practical) way of finding factors to given amounts.

After grouping the multilink into the equal groups shown above, they found that the factors of 6 are 1, 6, 2, 3

 

Great math's learning Class 3!

 

Miss Baker!