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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus

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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.

Multiplication and division
Identify the language used in multiplication and division
  • Respond to and use the language of multiplication and division in everyday contexts

Apply strategies for multiplication
  • Model multiplication by recognising equal groups or multiples of items to solve problems

  • Multiply 2 numbers

  • Estimate and check the product of 2 numbers

  • Use single-digit multiplication to solve problems

  • Use commutative properties of numbers

  • Select and apply appropriate strategies for multiplication to solve problems

Apply strategies for division
  • Model division by recognising equal groups to solve problems

  • Divide 2 numbers

  • Estimate the result when dividing 2 numbers

  • Use multiplication and division as inverse operations

  • Select and apply appropriate strategies for division to solve problems

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