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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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Stage 2

Additive relations A
Use the principle of equality

  • Recognise equal differences and record them in Loading 

  • Use the Loading  to mean 'the same as', rather than to perform an Loading 

  • Apply the Loading  property of addition to forming Loading  of 10 (Reasons about relations)

Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction

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

  • Demonstrate how addition and subtraction are Loading 

  • Use the complement principle of addition and subtraction (Reasons about relations)

  • Explain and check solutions to problems, including by using the inverse operation

Select strategies flexibly to solve addition and subtraction problems of up to 3 digits

  • Apply known mental strategies that use Loading  to add and subtract, such as bridging the decades

  • Use the compensation strategy to add and subtract (Reasons about relations)

  • Apply the levelling and Loading  strategies (Reasons about relations)

  • Represent solutions to addition and subtraction problems, including word problems, using an empty Loading  or bar model

  • Compare and evaluate strategies used to solve addition and subtraction problems, reasoning which strategy may be most efficient

Represent money values in multiple ways

  • Recognise the relationship between dollars and cents

  • Represent equivalent amounts of money using different denominations

  • Perform calculations with money, including finding change

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