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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)

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Stage 2

Two-dimensional spatial structure A
2D shapes: Compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes
  • Describe and compare Loading  Loading , including parallelograms, Loading , rhombuses, Loading , trapeziums and kites

  • Identify and describe Loading  that have Loading  Loading  and those that do not

  • Identify quadrilaterals that have all sides equal in Loading 

  • Identify right Loading  in shapes

  • Group quadrilaterals using one or more Loading 

2D shapes: Transform shapes by reflecting, translating and rotating
  • Identify Loading  of symmetry in pictures, artefacts, designs and the environment

  • Draw lines of symmetry on given shapes and identify quadrilaterals that do not have lines of symmetry

  • Create and record tessellating designs by Loading , Loading  and rotating Loading 

  • Apply and describe amounts of rotation including half-turns, quarter-turns and three-quarter-turns when creating designs

Area: Use square centimetres to measure and estimate the areas of rectangles
  • Create the Loading  structure of area using squares (1 cm × 1 cm) in rows and columns

  • Recognise that area can be measured in square centimetres

  • Discuss strategies to estimate area in square centimetres

  • Explain how the grid structure of rows and columns helps to find the area (Reasons about spatial structure)

  • Estimate and measure the areas of squares and rectangles (within the range of 100 square centimetres)

  • Record area in square centimetres using numerals and words

  • Use efficient strategies for counting large numbers of square centimetres

Area: Use square metres to measure and estimate the areas of rectangles
  • Recognise the need for a formal unit larger than the square centimetre to measure area

  • Construct a square metre and use it to measure the areas of large squares and rectangles

  • Recognise that an area of one square metre need not be a square (Reasons about spatial structure)

  • Record areas in square metres using numerals and words

  • Estimate the areas of squares and rectangles in square metres

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