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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)

Implementation from 2024
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Content

Early Stage 1

Combining and separating quantities
Model additive relations and compare quantities
  • Identify situations in which addition and subtraction may be applied

  • Combine two or more groups of Loading  to model addition, identifying the relationship between the parts and the whole

  • Separate and take away part of a group of objects to model subtraction

  • Use concrete materials or fingers to model and solve addition and subtraction questions, counting forwards or backwards by ones as necessary

  • Compare two groups of objects to determine how many more (Reasons about quantity)

Identify part–whole relationships in numbers up to 10
  • Use visual representations of numbers to assist with combining and separating quantities, identifying the relationship between the quantities

  • Describe the action of combining, separating and comparing

  • Use five as a reference in forming numbers from six to ten

  • Create, model and recognise Loading  for numbers up to ten (Reasons about relations)

  • Count by ones to find the total or difference

  • Use drawings, words and numerals to record addition and subtraction, and explain their thinking (Reasons about relations)

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