Mathematics – 3–6 – Multi-age – Year B – Unit 5
This unit introduces the big idea that questions can be asked and answered by interpreting data.
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:
- collect data and construct, interpret and compare a range of data displays, including data presented in digital media
- interpret and evaluate the effectiveness of various data displays found in media and factual texts, identifying sources of bias and misleading representations
- compare, order and represent whole numbers and decimals.
Syllabus focus and content group
Represents numbers using place value A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01
Whole numbers: Read, represent and order numbers to thousands
Data A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-DATA-01, MA2-DATA-02
- Collect discrete data
- Organise and display data using tables and graphs
- Interpret and compare data
Data B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-DATA-01, MA2-DATA-02
- Select and trial methods for data collection
- Construct and interpret data displays with many-to-one scales
Represents numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01, MA3-RN-02
- Whole numbers: Recognise, represent and order numbers in the millions
- Decimals and percentages: Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths
- Decimals and percentages: Compare, order and represent decimals
Represents numbers B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01
Whole numbers: Locate and represent integers on a number line
Data B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-DATA-02
- Interpret and compare a range of data displays
- Interpret data presented in digital media and elsewhere