‘doing the same to both sides’ and
‘balance’ models can help to emphasise the equality of two sides of an
equation/formula but seem to me to be not easily assimilated ideas when compared to using inverses, in visual ways, when transforming a statement as a rearrangement
it may well be important to link the ideas of both models
in the case of multiplication/division, by starting from rearrangements of
numerical statements transformations can be appreciated as equivalent statements involving those particular numbers
(given this statement, we can also say this...)
(given this statement, we can also say this...)
how these statements are deduced in terms of multiplying being the 'opposite' or inverse of division (and vice versa) can hopefully be appreciated - appealing to what happens visually
it seems helpful to focus on the 'shape' of a resulting transformation, compared with the initial statement e.g. top statement: 'the 3 is upstairs and it is multiply by' to: lower statement, 'the 3 is downstairs and it is divide by'
a powerpoint is here
visuals of rearrangement
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