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**Definitions** Open-ended activities are when a student is provided with an answer instead of a question that they have to explore various possibilities in order to come up with a solution.
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 * Open-Ended Activities**

for example //I added two numbers together and the total was 58. What could the two numbers be?//

Possible answers will range depending on ability from something like 50+8 to 32+26.

The activities support the application of known strategies such as understanding the question, recognising patterns, drawing a picture or table, etc (working mathematically and problem solving). It deepens a student's understanding of mathematical concepts such as number, place value and operations. The questions allow for students to work at their own capacity and to develop their individual approach to solving mathematical problems. In other words it helps them understand how they could approach a mathematical problem and what they could use to solve that problem.