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• Mathematics | Mathematics: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
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  Overview material | Mathematics

• Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0: Structure

  Mathematics is presented in 11 levels, from Foundation to Level 10.

  Level 10 also includes Level 10A, which provides opportunities for students to extend their exploration of mathematical notions and further their mathematical studies.

  Strands

  The curriculum is organised into 6 interrelated...

  Overview material | Mathematics Version 2.0

• VCMSP353

  Investigate and describe bivariate numerical data, including where the independent variable is time

  Elaborations

  • investigating biodiversity changes in Australia since European occupation
  • constructing and interpreting data displays representing bivariate data over time
  • constructing scatter-plots for two numerical variables and investigate trends such as water storage levels over time or weight and height distributions

  VCMSP353 | Mathematics | Level 10 | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation

• VC2M8M07

  use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving ratios and rates, including distance-time problems for travel at a constant speed and financial contexts; formulate problems; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation, reviewing the appropriateness of the model

  Elaborations

  • modelling simple motion problems, finding one of distance travelled, time taken or average speed, given the other 2 quantities
  • modelling and solving problems related to situations such as scales on maps and plans, the mixing of chemicals or ingredients, or calculating magnification factors applying relevant ratios and proportions
  • modelling problems involving converting money amounts using different exchange rates and applying them when planning and budgeting for overseas travel
  • modelling situations involving financial contexts (for example, income tax, using taxation rates on annual income, comparing different taxation brackets and rates of pay) or comparing the benefits of different phone plans using different call rates and associated fees to determine the best plan
  • modelling situations involving the use of ratios in radiocarbon dating methods, including the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 isotopes in organisms, to measure dates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ habitation on the Australian continent
  • modelling situations involving ratio and its application in the making of string and cordage by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including the ratio of length to the mass of a rope, the strength of the ply in proportion to a rope’s pulling force, and the proportion of fibre for the length of string required

  VC2M8M07 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Measurement

• VC2M8N06

  use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts involving profit and loss; formulate problems, choosing efficient mental and written calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate...

  Elaborations

  • modelling situations involving weather and environmental contexts, including temperature or sea depths, by applying operations to positive and negative rational numbers, for example, contexts involving average temperature increases and decreases
  • modelling situations that involve percentage increases or decreases and explaining why it is an increase or decrease, such as mark-ups, discounts, Goods and Services Tax (GST), changes in populations or recycling rates
  • modelling situations involving personal income tax, and interpreting tax tables to determine income tax at various levels of income, including overall percentage of income allocated to tax
  • modelling situations involving percentage increase or decrease such as market trends, effects on population, or effects on the environment over extended time periods

  VC2M8N06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Number

• VC2M10ASP06

  design, test and refine solutions to spatial problems using algorithms and digital tools; communicate and justify solutions 

  Elaborations

  • designing and making scale models of three-dimensional objects using digital tools; for example, making components of a puzzle using a three-dimensional printer, and planning and designing the puzzle using principles of tessellations
  • applying a computational thinking approach to solving problems involving networks, for example, connectedness, coverage and weighted measures, such as taking different routes and choosing the most efficient route to take when travelling by car using virtual map software 
  • defining and decomposing spatial problems, creating and applying algorithms to generate solutions, and evaluating and communicating solutions in terms of the problem; for example, designing a floor plan for a department store that limits congestion at key areas such as check-outs, changing rooms and near popular sale items
  • designing, creating and testing algorithms using pseudocode or flow charts for producing self-similar patterns; and validating algorithms using a range of test cases to compare their output
  • exploring geospatial technologies used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities, to consider spatial problems including position and transformation

  VC2M10ASP06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 10A | Space

• VC2M9M05

  use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving direct proportion, rates, ratio and scale, including financial contexts; formulate the problems and interpret solutions in terms of the situation; evaluate the model and report methods and findings

  Elaborations

  • modelling situations that involve direct proportion (such as pro rata pay rates, exchange rates, multiple quotes for a job, conversion between scales or other appropriate science contexts); for example, situations that involve Hooke’s law and other science contexts involving wavelengths and frequencies
  • modelling situations that impact on image editing used in social media and how proportion may not be maintained and can result in distorted images
  • modelling situations involving compliance with building and construction standards in design and construction, such as the rise and tread of staircases, and vertical and horizontal components of escalators
  • modelling situations involving the application of rates in practical contexts, for example, density, birth, flow or heartbeats
  • exploring fire techniques in land management practices used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that use proportion relationships, including the rate of fire spread in different fuel types to wind speed, temperature and relative humidity

  VC2M9M05 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Measurement

• VCMNA277

  Solve a range of problems involving rates and ratios, including distance-time problems for travel at a constant speed, with and without digital technologies

  Elaborations

  • understanding that rate and ratio problems can be solved using fractions or percentages and choosing the most efficient form to solve a particular problem
  • calculating population growth rates in Australia and Asia and explaining their difference
  • finding one of distance travelled, time taken or average speed given the other two quantities

  VCMNA277 | Mathematics | Level 8 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• Mathematics: Level 2 description

  In Level 2, students use grouping partitioning and re-arrangement to apply place value and extend the range of numbers they use and apply to thousands.

  Students recognise, model and order numbers to at least 1000 and use a variety of strategies to count efficiently, including skip counting forwards...

  Level description | Mathematics

• VC2M3M03

  recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time, including days, hours, minutes and seconds, to estimate and compare the duration of events

  Elaborations

  • estimating how long it would take to read a set passage of text, and sharing this information to demonstrate understanding of formal units of duration of time
  • planning a sequence of events based on estimates of the duration of each event; for example, planning a set of activities for a class party by estimating how long each game or activity will take
  • reading or setting the time on digital devices to the minute or second; for example, setting an online timing device to count down from a set time, or setting the time on a digital clock
  • using sand timers and digital timers to measure and check estimates of short durations of time, such as one minute, 3 minutes and 5 minutes
  • exploring how cultural accounts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples explain cycles of time that involve the sun, moon and stars

  VC2M3M03 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Measurement

• VC2M5ST02

  interpret line graphs representing change over time; discuss the relationships that are represented and conclusions that can be made

  Elaborations

  • reading and interpreting different line graphs, discussing how the horizontal axis represents measures of time such as days of the week or times of the day, and the vertical axis represents numerical quantities or ordinal categorical variables such as percentages, money, measurements or ratings such as fire hazard ratings
  • interpreting real-life data represented as a line graph showing how measurements change over a period of time, and make simple inferences
  • matching unlabelled line graphs to the context they represent based on the stories of the different contexts
  • interpreting the data represented in a line graph, making inferences; for example, reading line graphs that show the varying temperatures or ultraviolet (UV) rates over a period of a day and discussing when would be the best time to hold an outdoor assembly

  VC2M5ST02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 5 | Statistics

• VC2M8M04

  solve problems involving time and duration, including using 12- and 24-hour time across multiple time zones

  Elaborations

  • using digital tools to investigate time zones around the world and convert from one zone to another, such as time in Perth, Western Australia, compared to Suva in Fiji or Toronto in Canada
  • recognising the challenges of planning regular virtual meeting times for a company that has both international staff and staff within different states and territories, and the impact daylight savings has due to multiple time zones, explaining the mathematical language used to communicate current time such as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)+8, Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)
  • planning an international travel itinerary that covers destinations in different time zones across Asia

  VC2M8M04 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Measurement

• VC2M8A03

  use mathematical modelling to solve applied problems involving linear relations, including financial contexts involving profit and loss; formulate problems with linear functions, and choose a representation; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the context, and review the appropriateness...

  Elaborations

  • modelling situations involving linear functions, including practical contexts such as taxi fares involving flag fall fees, motion in a straight line at a constant speed, trade quotes involving call-out fees, cooking that includes resting or cooling times, or water leakage from water tanks, interpreting the constant rate of change and initial value in context, and identifying when values of a model lie within a given range
  • modelling problems in practical situations and interpreting solutions within the context of the problem, including giving attention to all units of measure and whether results are suitable; for example, once a water tank is empty no more water can flow from it
  • modelling financial problems involving pay rates, using a table of values to represent the pay amounts and hours worked using an hourly rate of pay, and graphing the relationship to make inferences
  • modelling patterns on Country/Place and exploring their connections and meaning to linear equations, using the model as a predictive tool and critiquing results by connecting back to Country/Place

  VC2M8A03 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Algebra

• VC2M9A06

  use mathematical modelling to solve applied problems involving change, including financial contexts involving simple interest; formulate problems, choosing to use either linear or quadratic functions or other simple variations; interpret solutions in terms of the context; evaluate the model and...

  Elaborations

  • modelling practical contexts using linear functions such as cooking times that include resting or cooling times, or water leakage from water tanks, using tables and graphs or digital tools and algebraically
  • modelling measurement situations and determining the perimeter and areas of rectangles where the length, l, of the rectangle is a linear function of its width, w; for example, l=w,  l=w+5,  l=3w,  l=2w+7
  • modelling practical contexts (for example, area, paths of projectiles, parabolic mirrors, satellite dishes) using simple quadratic functions, tables and graphs (hand drawn or using digital tools) and, algebraically, interpreting features of the graphs such as the turning point and intercepts in context; for example, area, paths of projectiles, parabolic mirrors, satellite dishes
  • modelling and solving problems involving financial contexts using linear functions, for example, combinations of purchases of different items when they have a set amount of money to spend, profit/loss situations and trade quotes involving call-out fees
  • modelling situations involving change, for example, change in daily temperature during the ski season, fluctuation of speed above and below the speed limit, and acceleration and deceleration of a car coming to and moving off from a set of traffic lights
  • modelling the hunting techniques of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples using quadratic functions and exploring the effect of increasing the number of hunters to catch more prey 

  VC2M9A06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Algebra

• VC2M10ST05

  plan and conduct statistical investigations of situations that involve bivariate data, including where the independent variable is time; evaluate and report findings with consideration of limitations of any inferences

  Elaborations

  • designing statistical investigations that collect bivariate data over time through observation, experiment or measurement; graphing, interpreting and analysing data; and reporting within the context of the statistical investigation question
  • investigating and comparing anecdotal claims with data collected from well-constructed surveys, including those concerning climate, housing affordability and natural resources, with consideration of data validity and limitations of interpolation or extrapolation
  • using a statistical investigation to address the question ‘Is there a relationship between vaccines and immunity from a virus?’
  • investigating biodiversity changes in Australia before and after colonisation by comparing related bivariate numerical data, discussing and reporting on associations

  VC2M10ST05 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 10 | Statistics

• 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

• VC2M10A15

  use mathematical modelling to solve applied problems involving inverse proportion, growth and decay, including in financial contexts to establish the compound interest formula as repeated applications of simple interest; formulate problems, choosing to apply linear, quadratic or exponential models...

  Elaborations

  • modelling problems involving inverse proportion in real-life contexts such as travel time decreasing with increased travel speed, the brightness of luminous objects decreasing with distance, or household expenditure and savings, and solving related equations
  • modelling situations and choosing between linear, quadratic and exponential models by representing relationships in a table of values and recognising that linear functions have constant first differences, quadratic functions have constant second differences and exponential functions have a constant ratio between consecutive values of the dependent variable
  • modelling situations involving exponential growth and decay, and contrasting this with linear growth or decay, for example, situations involving constant percentage change and constant ratio, and determining doubling time and half-life and approximate intervals for which the values of the model lie within a given range
  • modelling situations that involve working with authentic information, data and interest rates to calculate compound interest and solve related problems
  • modelling and investigating how exponential equations are used in carbon dating to estimate the age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts or material culture
  • modelling situations involving the growth of native animal populations on Country/Place with varying reproductive behaviour, using exponential functions and critiquing their applicability to real-world situations

  VC2M10A15 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 10 | Algebra

• VC2MFM02

  sequence days of the week and times of the day, including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night-time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

  Elaborations

  • ordering images of daily events on a string line across the room, and justifying the placement by referring to morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night-time
  • distinguishing between the days of the school week and weekends, and recognising that the days of the week form a sequence that repeats, with Monday always following on from Sunday
  • sequencing the events from a story in the order in which they occurred, using language like ‘this happened first’ then ‘this happened next’
  • creating, interpreting and discussing classroom rosters, for example, a roster for watering the classroom garden, and asking, ‘Who watered the garden yesterday?’ or ‘Whose turn is it today?’
  • creating a pictorial diary to show the important events that happen on the various days of the week

  VC2MFM02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Foundation Level | Measurement

• VC2M4M03

  solve problems involving the duration of time including situations involving ‘am’ and ‘pm’ and conversions between units of time

  Elaborations

  • calculating the amount of time between 2 events, such as the start and finish of a movie, a bus journey or a flight, including cases where the starting and finishing times are written using ‘am’ and ‘pm’ notation
  • converting units of time using relationships between units, such as 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, to solve problems; for example, creating a daily timetable for an activity such as an athletics carnival or planning an exercise routine with activities and rests
  • exploring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ explanations of the passing of time through cultural accounts about cyclic phenomena involving the sun, moon and stars

  VC2M4M03 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 4 | Measurement

• VCMMG290

  Solve problems involving duration, including using 12- and 24-hour time within a single time zone

  Elaborations

  • identifying regions in Australia and countries in Asia that are in the same time zone

  VCMMG290 | Mathematics | Level 8 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement