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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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Content

Stage 1

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

  • Create, model and solve word problems, using number sentences

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

  • Represent a constant difference between pairs of numbers

  • Model how addition and subtraction are inverse operations 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 multiples of ten

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

  • Use quantity values 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 number bonds 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

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