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• Mathematics | Mathematics: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Mathematics provides students with access to important mathematical ideas, knowledge and skills that they will draw on in their personal and work lives. The curriculum also provides students, as life-long learners, with the basis on which further study and research in mathematics and...

  Overview material | Mathematics

• VCMNA069

  Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from  any starting point

  Elaborations

  • reading stories from other cultures featuring counting in sequence to assist students to recognise ways of counting in local languages and across cultures
  • identifying the number words in sequence, backwards and forwards, and reasoning with the number sequences, establishing the language on which subsequent counting experiences can be built
  • developing fluency with forwards and backwards counting in meaningful contexts, including stories and rhymes
  • understanding that numbers are said in a particular order and there are patterns in the way we say them

  VCMNA069 | Mathematics | Foundation Level | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMNA361

  Apply understanding of polynomials to sketch a range of curves and describe the features of these curves from their equation

  Elaborations

  • investigating the features of graphs of polynomials including axes intercepts and the effect of repeated factors

  VCMNA361 | Mathematics | Level 10A | Number and Algebra | Linear and non-linear relationships

• VCMNA054

  Subitise regular arrangements of objects and arrays up to five

  Elaborations

  • understanding that some numbers are represented by a set pattern or array

  VCMNA054 | Mathematics | Level D | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMNA245

  Express one quantity as a fraction of another, with and without the use of digital technologies

  Elaborations

  • using examples for the quantities to be expressed and understanding the reasons for the calculations

  VCMNA245 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCMNA275

  Investigate the concept of irrational numbers, including π

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the real number system includes irrational numbers

  VCMNA275 | Mathematics | Level 8 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCMNA304

  Solve problems involving simple interest

  Elaborations

  • understanding that financial decisions can be assisted by mathematical calculations

  VCMNA304 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Money and financial mathematics

• VCMNA305

  Extend and apply the index laws to variables, using positive integer indices and the zero index

  Elaborations

  • understanding that index laws apply to variables as well as numbers

  VCMNA305 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMNA088

  Count collections to 100 by partitioning numbers using place value

  Elaborations

  • understanding partitioning of numbers and the importance of grouping in tens
  • understanding two-digit numbers as being comprised of tens and ones/units

  VCMNA088 | Mathematics | Level 1 | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMMG319

  Use similarity to investigate the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a given angle in right-angled triangles

  Elaborations

  • developing understanding of the relationship between the corresponding sides of similar right-angled triangles

  VCMMG319 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Pythagoras and trigonometry

• VCMMG230

  Introduce the Cartesian coordinate system using all four quadrants

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the Cartesian plane provides a graphical or visual way of describing location

  VCMMG230 | Mathematics | Level 6 | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCMNA281

  Simplify algebraic expressions involving the four operations

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the laws used with numbers can also be used with algebra

  VCMNA281 | Mathematics | Level 8 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMNA306

  Apply the distributive law to the expansion of algebraic expressions, including binomials, and collect like terms where appropriate

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the distributive law can be applied to algebraic expressions as well as numbers
  • understanding the relationship between expansion and factorisation and identifying algebraic factors in algebraic expressions

  VCMNA306 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• Mathematics | Mathematics: Structure

  The curriculum is organised by the three strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.

  Each strand is organised by sub-­strands. Sub-strands group content descriptions under an appropriate concept, to provide both a focus and a clear sequence for the...

  Overview material | Mathematics

• VCMMG123

  Investigate the effect of one-step slides and flips with and without digital technologies

  Elaborations

  • understanding that objects can be moved but changing position does not alter an object’s size or features

  VCMMG123 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCMMG312

  Calculate the areas of composite shapes

  Elaborations

  • understanding that partitioning composite shapes into rectangles and triangles is a strategy for solving problems involving area

  VCMMG312 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMMG365

  Solve problems involving surface area and volume of right pyramids, right cones, spheres and related composite solids

  Elaborations

  • using formulas to solve problems
  • using authentic situations to apply knowledge and understanding of surface area and volume

  VCMMG365 | Mathematics | Level 10A | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMMG344

  Formulate proofs involving congruent triangles and angle properties

  Elaborations

  • applying an understanding of relationships to deduce properties of geometric figures (for example the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal)

  VCMMG344 | Mathematics | Level 10 | Measurement and Geometry | Geometric reasoning

• VCMNA106

  Explore the connection between addition and subtraction

  Elaborations

  • becoming fluent with partitioning numbers to understand the connection between addition and subtraction
  • using counting on to identify the missing element in an additive problem

  VCMNA106 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMNA246

  Round decimals to a specified number of decimal places

  Elaborations

  • using rounding to estimate the results of calculations with whole numbers and decimals, and understanding the conventions for rounding

  VCMNA246 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers