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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
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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.

Addition and subtraction
Identify the language used in addition and subtraction
  • Apply the language of addition and subtraction in everyday contexts

  • Recognise and use the symbols +, − and =

Apply strategies for addition
  • Model addition to solve problems

  • Apply basic facts of addition, sums with 2 single digits, and their corresponding subtraction fact

  • Add 2 numbers

  • Estimate and check the sum of 2 numbers

  • Calculate missing numbers in a number sentence

  • Select and apply appropriate strategies for addition to solve problems in a range of contexts

Apply strategies for subtraction
  • Model subtraction to solve problems

  • Subtract a number from another given number

  • Estimate and check for subtraction

  • Calculate missing numbers in a number sentence

  • Select and apply appropriate strategies for subtraction to solve problems

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