Multi-age 3–6, mathematics, Year A – Unit 06

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

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Students are provided with opportunities to:

  • read, represent and order numbers up to millions
  • compare, order and represent decimals (Stage 3)
  • use partitioning and place value knowledge to add and subtract
  • identify the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Content in this unit is informed by the lessons in Stage 2, Year A – Unit 6 and Stage 3, Year A – Unit 6. Please refer to these units for additional lesson guidance.

Syllabus outcomes and content groups

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: Apply place value to partition, regroup and rename numbers up to 6 digits

Additive relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-AR-01

  • Use the principle of equality
  • Select strategies flexibly to solve addition and subtraction problems of up to 3 digits

Additive relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-AR-01

Partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 1000 to solve additive problems

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

Additive relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-AR-01

  • Apply efficient mental and written strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • Use estimation and place value understanding to determine the reasonableness of solutions

Category:

  • 3-6
  • Additive relations
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Represents numbers
  • Represents numbers using place value
  • Unit

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