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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Volume, capacity and mass
Recognise the features associated with volume, capacity and mass
  • Identify the language of volume, capacity and mass

  • Identify features of an object associated with volume

  • Identify features of an object associated with capacity

  • Identify features of an object associated with mass

Estimate and measure volume, capacity and mass using informal and formal units
  • Use informal units to estimate and measure volume, capacity and mass

  • Recognise appropriate formal units for measuring volume, capacity and mass, including their abbreviations

  • Estimate and measure volume, capacity and mass using formal units

  • Compare volume and capacity using formal measurements

  • Compare mass using formal units

Apply knowledge of estimating and measuring volume, capacity and mass to solve problems
  • Compare the volume and capacity of different objects to solve problems

  • Compare the mass of different objects to solve problems

  • Apply volume, capacity and mass to solve problems

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