Multi-age K–2, mathematics, Year B – Unit 17
This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of measurement using informal and formal units.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from the 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 opportunities to:
- estimate, measure, compare and record a variety of attributes including length, area, volume and mass using informal units
- estimate, measure and record length using formal units of metres and centimetres
- recognise formal units of measurement ensure consistency and accuracy.
Syllabus focus and content groups
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MAE-RWN-01, MAE-RWN-02
- Use the counting sequence of ones flexibly
- Recognise number patterns
- Connect counting and numerals to quantities
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-GM-01, MAE-GM-02, MAE-GM-03
Length: Use direct and indirect comparison to decide which is longer
Two-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-2DS-01, MAE-2DS-02
Area: Identify and compare area
Three-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-3DS-01, MAE-3DS-02
- Volume: Compare internal volume by filling and packing
- Volume: Compare volume by building
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-NSM-01, MAE-NSM-02
Mass: Identify and compare mass using weight
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Part A – Represent the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers
- Part B – Use counting sequences of ones and tens flexibly
- Part B – Form, regroup, and rename three-digit numbers
Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
Part B – Represent and explain multiplication as the combining of equal groups
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-GM-01, MA1-GM-02, MA1-GM-03
- Part A – Length: Measure the lengths of objects using uniform informal units
- Part A – Length: Compare lengths using uniform informal units
- Part B – Length: Compare and order lengths, using appropriate uniform informal units
- Part B – Length: Recognise and use formal units to measure the lengths of objects
Two-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-2DS-01, MA1-2DS-02
- Part A – Area: Measure areas using uniform informal units
- Part B – Area: Compare rectangular areas using uniform square units of an appropriate size in rows and columns
Three-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-3DS-01, MA1-3DS-02
- Part A – Volume: Measure and compare the internal volumes (capacities) of containers by filling
- Part A – Volume: Measure the internal volume (capacity) of containers by packing
- Part B – Volume: Compare containers based on internal volume (capacity) by filling and packing
- Part B – Volume: Compare volumes using uniform informal units
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01, MA1-NSM-02
Part B – Mass: Compare the masses of objects using an equal-arm balance