Mathematics – 3–6 – Multi-age – Year A – Unit 1

This unit develops the big idea that our number system extends infinitely to very large and very small numbers.

Mathematics K–10 Syllabus © 2023 NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales.

Students are provided with opportunities to:

  • name, rename, represent and order numbers
  • compare, order and represent decimals
  • explore the link between multiplicative thinking and place value.

Syllabus focus and content group

Representing numbers using place value A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01
  • Whole numbers: Read, represent and order numbers to thousands
  • Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition and regroup numbers up to 4 digits
Representing numbers using place value B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01
  • Whole numbers: Order numbers in the thousands
  • Whole numbers: Recognise and represent numbers that are 10, 100 or 1000 times as large
Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01
  • Generate and describe patterns
  • Use arrays to establish multiplication facts from multiples of 2 and 4, 5 and 10
  • Recall multiplication facts of 2 and 4, 5 and 10 and related division facts
Represents numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01, MA3-RN-02
  • Whole numbers: Recognise, represent and order numbers in the millions
  • Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition, regroup and rename numbers to 1 billion
  • Decimals and percentages: Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths
  • Decimals and percentages: Compare, order and represent decimals
Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01
  • Determine products and factors
  • Use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers


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