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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2024
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Stage 1

Combining and separating quantities B
  • MAO-WM-01

    develops understanding and fluency in mathematics through exploring and connecting mathematical concepts, choosing and applying mathematical techniques to solve problems, and communicating their thinking and reasoning coherently and clearly

  • MA1-CSQ-01

    uses number bonds and the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems involving partitioning

Combining and separating quantities B
Represent and reason about additive relations
  • Create, record and recognise Loading  of two numbers that add to numbers from 11 up to and including 20

  • Create, model and solve word problems, using Loading 

  • Represent the difference between two numbers using concrete materials and diagrams

  • Represent a Loading  between pairs of numbers

  • Model how addition and subtraction are Loading  using concrete materials, drawings and diagrams

  • Recall and use related addition and subtraction number facts to at least 20

Form multiples of ten when adding and subtracting two-digit numbers
  • Add two-digit numbers by building to Loading  of ten

  • Add and subtract from a two-digit number and record on an empty Loading 

  • Use Loading  to separate tens and ones for addition (only)

  • Use an inverse strategy to turn a subtraction into an addition (Reasons about relations)

Use knowledge of equality to solve related problems
  • Use Loading  to determine a missing number

  • Use number knowledge to solve related problems (Reasons about relations)

  • Use a variety of ways of writing number sentences

  • Use number bonds to solve equality problems