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• Mathematics | Mathematics: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

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  Overview material | Mathematics

• VCMNA159

  Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths. Make connections between fractions and decimal notation

  Elaborations

  • using division by 10 to extend the place-value system
  • using knowledge of fractions to establish equivalences between fractions and decimal notation

  VCMNA159 | Mathematics | Level 4 | Number and Algebra | Fractions and decimals

• VC2M1N02

  partition one- and two-digit numbers in different ways using physical and virtual materials, including partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones

  Elaborations

  • building knowledge and understanding of the part-part-whole facts to 10, using physical and virtual materials; for example, using virtual ten-frames through a digital app or website to identify pairs of numbers that combine to make 10
  • using physical and virtual materials to partition numbers into counts of tens and ones; for example, recognising 35 as 3 tens and 5 ones or as 2 tens and 15 ones
  • using part-part-whole reasoning and physical or virtual materials to represent 24, then partitioning 24 in different ways and recording the partitions using numbers; for example, 10, 10 and 4 combine to make 24 or 10 and 14 combine to make 24

  VC2M1N02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1 | Number

• VC2M3N07

  recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways

  Elaborations

  • investigating the relationship between dollars and cents, using physical or virtual materials to make different combinations of the same amount of money
  • representing money amounts in different ways using knowledge of part-part-whole relationships; for example, knowing that $1 is equal to 100 cents, representing $1.85 as $1 + 50c + 20c + 10c + 5c or 50c + 50c + 50c + 10c + 10c + 10c + 5c; or when calculating change from buying an item for $1.30 from $2, starting from $1.30 and adding 20c and 50c, which gives $2

  VC2M3N07 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Number

• VCMNA112

  Describe patterns with numbers and identify missing elements

  Elaborations

  • describing a pattern created by skip counting and representing the pattern on a number line
  • investigating features of number patterns resulting from adding twos, fives or 10s

  VCMNA112 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMNA189

  Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths

  Elaborations

  • using knowledge of place value and division by 10 to extend the number system to thousandths and beyond
  • recognising the equivalence of one thousandths and 0.001

  VCMNA189 | Mathematics | Level 5 | Number and Algebra | Fractions and decimals

• VC2M1A01

  recognise, continue and create pattern sequences, with numbers, symbols, shapes and objects including Australian coins, formed by skip counting, initially by twos, fives and tens

  Elaborations

  • using number charts, songs, rhymes and stories to establish skip counting sequences of twos, fives and tens
  • using shapes and objects to represent a growing pattern formed by skip counting; for example, using blocks or beads to represent the growing patterns 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 … and 5, 10, 15, 20 …
  • recognising the patterns in sequences formed by skip counting; for example, recognising that skip counting in fives starting from zero always results in either a 5 or zero as the final digit
  • counting by twos, fives or tens to determine how much money is in a collection of coins or notes of the same denomination, for example, 5-cent, 10-cent and $2 coins or $5 and $10 notes
  • using different variations of the popular Korean counting game Sam-yuk-gu for generating skip counting pattern sequences

  VC2M1A01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1 | Algebra

• VCMNA111

  Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value

  Elaborations

  • identifying equivalent values in collections of coins or notes, such as two five-cent coins having the same value as one 10-cent coin
  • counting collections of coins or notes to make up a particular value, such as that shown on a price tag

  VCMNA111 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Number and Algebra | Money and financial mathematics

• VC2M3N09

  follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions to investigate numbers; describe any emerging patterns

  Elaborations

  • following or creating an algorithm to generate number patterns formed by doubling and halving using technology to assist, where appropriate, and identifying and describing emerging patterns
  • following or creating an algorithm that determines whether a given number is a multiple of 2, 5 or 10, identifying and discussing emerging patterns
  • creating an algorithm as a set of instructions that a classmate can follow to generate multiples of 3 using the rule ‘To multiply by 3 you double the number and add on one more of the number’ (for example, for 3 threes, you double 3 and add on 3 to get 9; for 3 fours you double 4 and add one more 4 to get 12 …)
  • creating a sorting algorithm that will sort a collection of 5-cent and 10-cent coins and providing the total value of the collection by applying knowledge of multiples of 5 and 10

  VC2M3N09 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Number

• VC2M3P01

  identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance, and describe possible outcomes and events as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ and identify some events as ‘certain’ or ‘impossible’, explaining reasoning

  Elaborations

  • predicting what could happen next in practical activities that involve an element of chance, considering possible outcomes and using terms such as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ to explain their predictions
  • classifying a list of everyday events or sorting a set of event cards according to how likely they are to happen, using the language of chance and giving reasons for classifications; and discussing how impossible outcomes cannot ever happen, and uncertain outcomes are affected by chance as they may or may not happen, whereas certain events must always happen so they are not affected by chance
  • making predictions and testing what would happen, for example, if 10 names were put in a box and names were then drawn out one at a time and replaced after each selection, discussing how likely it would be after 10 selections that all 10 names were drawn from the box or that one name was drawn multiple times

  VC2M3P01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Probability

• Mathematics Version 2.0: Foundation Level achievement standards

  By the end of Foundation, students make connections between number names, numerals and position in the sequence of numbers from zero to at least 20. They use subitising and counting strategies to quantify collections. Students compare the size of collections to at least 20. They partition...

  Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Foundation Level

• Mathematics | Mathematics: Learning in Mathematics

  The proficiencies of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning are fundamental to learning mathematics and working mathematically and are applied across all three strands Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.

  Understanding refers to students...

  Overview material | Mathematics

• Mathematics: Level D achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students connect number names and numerals with sets of up to 10 elements. They match individual objects with counting sequences up to and back from 10. They recognise and point to numerals in and around the classroom, for example, numbers on a clock face. Students use concrete...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level D

• VC2M5N01

  interpret, compare and order numbers with more than 2 decimal places, including numbers greater than one, using place value understanding; represent these on a number line

  Elaborations

  • making models of decimals including tenths, hundredths and thousandths by subdividing materials or grids, and explaining the multiplicative relationship between consecutive places; for example, explaining that thousandths are 10 times smaller than hundredths, or writing numbers into a place value chart to compare and order them
  • renaming decimals to assist with mental computation; for example, when asked to solve 0.6 ÷ 10 they rename 6 tenths as 60 hundredths and say, ‘If I divide 60 hundredths by 10, I get 6 hundredths’ and write 0.6 ÷ 10 = 0.06
  • using a number line or number track to represent and locate decimals with varying numbers of decimal places and numbers greater than one and justifying the placement; for example, 2.335 is halfway between 2.33 and 2.34, that is, 2.33 < 2.335 < 2.34, and 5.283 is between 5.28 and 5.29 but closer to 5.28
  • interpreting and comparing the digits in decimal measures, for example, the length or mass of animals or plants, such as a baby echidna weighing 1.78 kilograms and a platypus weighing 1.708 kilograms
  • interpreting plans or diagrams showing length measures as decimals, placing the numbers into a decimal place value chart to connect the digits to their value

  VC2M5N01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 5 | Number

• VCMNA103

  Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and ten from any starting point, then moving to other sequences

  Elaborations

  • developing fluency and confidence with numbers and calculations by saying number sequences
  • recognising that the natural numbers with zero form an ordered infinite set {0, 1, 2, 3 … } with a first element but no last element
  • recognising patterns in number sequences, such as adding 10 always results in the same final digit

  VCMNA103 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VC2M3M04

  describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute

  Elaborations

  • representing and reading the time on an analog clock using the markings and the positions of the hands, to the nearest minute mark or 5-minute interval
  • reading and connecting analog and digital time, interpreting times, and recognising and using the language of time, for example, 12:15 as a quarter past 12, or 15 minutes past 12; 12:45 as a quarter to one or 15 minutes before one o’clock; and 10:05 as 5 minutes past 10
  • reading analog clocks throughout the day, and noticing and connecting the position of the hour hand and the distance the minute hand has travelled during the current hour

  VC2M3M04 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Measurement

• VC2M1N03

  quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting

  Elaborations

  • counting a large collection of items using groups of fives or tens and skip counting to work out how many there are, and recording the amount and connecting the digits in the number to the grouped materials when using groups of 10
  • counting collections of objects, such as pencils or images of birds in a tree, by grouping them in tens to enable efficient counting, and connecting the digits in the number to the groups of tens and ones
  • counting a large collection of Australian $1 coins by stacking them in piles of 10, skip counting in tens and including any leftover coins to determine the total value

  VC2M1N03 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1 | Number

• VC2M4N07

  choose and use estimation and rounding to check and explain the reasonableness of calculations, including the results of financial transactions

  Elaborations

  • using proficiency with basic facts to estimate the result of a calculation and say what amounts the answer will be between; for example, 5 packets of biscuits at $2.60 each will cost between $10 and $15 as 5 × $2 = $10 and 5 × $3 = $15
  • using rounded amounts to complete an estimated budget for a shopping trip or an excursion, explaining why overestimating the amounts is appropriate
  • recognising the effect of rounding in addition and multiplication calculations; rounding both numbers up, both numbers down, and one number up and one number down, and explaining which is the best approximation and why

  VC2M4N07 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 4 | Number

• VC2M5N04

  recognise that 100% represents the complete whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size; connect familiar percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents

  Elaborations

  • recognising applications of percentages used in everyday contexts, for example, the bar model used for charging devices indicating the percentage of power remaining, and advertising in retail contexts relating to discounts or sales
  • creating a model by subdividing a whole (for example, using 10 × 10 grids to represent various percentage amounts) and recognising complementary percentages (such as 30% and 70%) combine to make 100%
  • creating a model by subdividing a collection of materials, such as blocks or money, to connect decimals and percentage equivalents of tenths and the commonly used fractions 12, 14 and 34; for example, connecting that one-tenth or 0.1 represents 10% and one-half or 0.5 represents 50%, and recognising that 60% of a whole is 10% more of the whole than 50%
  • using physical and virtual materials to represent the relationship between decimal notation and percentages, for example, 0.3 is 3 out of every 10, which is 30 out of every 100, which is 30%

  VC2M5N04 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 5 | Number

• Mathematics | Mathematics: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse...

  Overview material | Mathematics