The purpose of this activity is to support students in recognising that scaling applies to comparisons where one amount is less than another. For example, a 3-stack of cubes is “four times less” than a 12-stack of cubes. The use of “times” (relating to division) in such situations may seem counter-intuitive for students who understand multiplication as "making bigger".
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