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Level 6 Description

In Level 6, students work with prime, composite, square and triangular numbers and carry out mental, written and technology based computation to solve whole number problems involving all four operations...

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Level 6 Content Descriptions

Number and Algebra

Number and place value
  1. Identify and describe properties of prime, composite, square and triangular numbers (VCMNA208)
  2. Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving all four operations with whole numbers and make estimates for these computations (VCMNA209)
  3. Investigate everyday situations that use integers. Locate and represent these numbers on a number line (VCMNA210)
Fractions and decimals
  1. Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line (VCMNA211)
  2. Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators (VCMNA212)
  3. Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies (VCMNA213)
  4. Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers (VCMNA214)
  5. Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies (VCMNA215)
  6. Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10 (VCMNA216)
  7. Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages (VCMNA217)
Money and financial mathematics
  1. Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies (VCMNA218)
Patterns and algebra
  1. Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence (VCMNA219)
  2. Explore the use of brackets and order of operations to write number sentences (VCMNA220)
  3. Design algorithms involving branching and iteration to solve specific classes of mathematical problems (VCMNA221)

Measurement and Geometry

Using units of measurement
  1. Connect decimal representations to the metric system (VCMMG222)
  2. Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity (VCMMG223)
  3. Solve problems involving the comparison of lengths and areas using appropriate units (VCMMG224)
  4. Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurement (VCMMG225)
  5. Interpret and use timetables (VCMMG226)
  6. Measure, calculate and compare elapsed time (VCMMG227)
Shape
  1. Construct simple prisms and pyramids (VCMMG228)
Location and transformation
  1. Investigate the effect of combinations of transformations on simple and composite shapes, including creating tessellations, with and without the use of digital technologies (VCMMG229)
  2. Introduce the Cartesian coordinate system using all four quadrants (VCMMG230)
Geometric reasoning
  1. Investigate, with and without digital technologies, angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles. Use results to find unknown angles (VCMMG231)

Statistics and Probability

Chance
  1. Describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages (VCMSP232)
  2. Conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials using appropriate digital technologies (VCMSP233)
  3. Compare observed frequencies across experiments with expected frequencies (VCMSP234)
Data representation and interpretation
  1. Construct, interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables (VCMSP235)
  2. Interpret secondary data presented in digital media and elsewhere (VCMSP236)
  3. Pose and refine questions to collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey (VCMSP237)

Level 6 Achievement Standard

Number and Algebra

Students recognise the properties of prime, composite, square and triangular numbers and determine sets of these numbers. They solve problems that involve all four operations with whole numbers and describe the use of integers in everyday contexts. Students locate fractions and integers on a number line and connect fractions, decimals and percentages as different representations of the same number. They solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of related fractions. Students calculate a simple fraction of a quantity and calculate common percentage discounts on sale items, with and without the use of digital technology. They make connections between the powers of 10 and the multiplication and division of decimals. Students add, subtract and multiply decimals...

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Level 7

Level 7 Description

In Level 7, students work with powers of whole numbers, use index notation, represent numbers as products of powers of prime numbers, and investigate square roots of perfect squares. They use number...

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Level 7 Content Descriptions

Number and Algebra

Number and place value
  1. Investigate index notation and represent whole numbers as products of powers of prime numbers (VCMNA238)
  2. Investigate and use square roots of perfect square numbers (VCMNA239)
  3. Apply the associative, commutative and distributive laws to aid mental and written computation and make estimates for these computations (VCMNA240)
  4. Compare, order, add and subtract integers (VCMNA241)
Real numbers
  1. Compare fractions using equivalence. Locate and represent positive and negative fractions and mixed numbers on a number line (VCMNA242)
  2. Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions, including those with unrelated denominators (VCMNA243)
  3. Multiply and divide fractions and decimals using efficient written strategies and digital technologies (VCMNA244)
  4. Express one quantity as a fraction of another, with and without the use of digital technologies (VCMNA245)
  5. Round decimals to a specified number of decimal places (VCMNA246)
  6. Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions (VCMNA247)
  7. Find percentages of quantities and express one quantity as a percentage of another, with and without digital technologies. (VCMNA248)
  8. Recognise and solve problems involving simple ratios (VCMNA249)
Money and financial mathematics
  1. Investigate and calculate 'best buys', with and without digital technologies (VCMNA250)
Patterns and algebra
  1. Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters (VCMNA251)
  2. Create algebraic expressions and evaluate them by substituting a given value for each variable (VCMNA252)
  3. Extend and apply the laws and properties of arithmetic to algebraic terms and expressions (VCMNA253)
  4. Design and implement mathematical algorithms using a simple general purpose programming language (VCMNA254)
Linear and non-linear relationships
  1. Given coordinates, plot points on the Cartesian plane, and find coordinates for a given point (VCMNA255)
  2. Solve simple linear equations (VCMNA256)
  3. Investigate, interpret and analyse graphs from real life data, including consideration of domain and range (VCMNA257)

Measurement and Geometry

Using units of measurement
  1. Establish the formulas for areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms and use these in problem solving (VCMMG258)
  2. Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms (VCMMG259)
Shape
  1. Draw different views of prisms and solids formed from combinations of prisms (VCMMG260)
Location and transformation
  1. Describe translations, reflections in an axis, and rotations of multiples of 90° on the Cartesian plane using coordinates. Identify line and rotational symmetries (VCMMG261)
Geometric reasoning
  1. Identify corresponding, alternate and co-interior angles when two straight lines are crossed by a transversal (VCMMG264)
  2. Investigate conditions for two lines to be parallel and solve simple numerical problems using reasoning (VCMMG265)
  3. Demonstrate that the angle sum of a triangle is 180° and use this to find the angle sum of a quadrilateral (VCMMG263)
  4. Classify triangles according to their side and angle properties and describe quadrilaterals (VCMMG262)

Statistics and Probability

Chance
  1. Construct sample spaces for single-step experiments with equally likely outcomes (VCMSP266)
  2. Assign probabilities to the outcomes of events and determine probabilities for events (VCMSP267)
Data representation and interpretation
  1. Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (VCMSP268)
  2. Construct and compare a range of data displays including stem-and-leaf plots and dot plots (VCMSP269)
  3. Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data. Interpret these statistics in the context of data (VCMSP270)
  4. Describe and interpret data displays using median, mean and range (VCMSP271)

Level 7 Achievement Standard

Number and Algebra

Students solve problems involving the order, addition and subtraction of integers. They make the connections between whole numbers and index notation and the relationship between perfect squares and square roots. They solve problems involving all four operations with fractions, decimals, percentages and their equivalences, and express fractions in their simplest form. Students compare the cost of items to make financial decisions, with and without the use of digital technology. They make simple estimates to judge the reasonableness of results. Students use variables to represent arbitrary numbers and connect the laws and properties of number to algebra and substitute numbers into algebraic expressions. They assign ordered pairs to given points on the Cartesian plane...

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