Mathematics – Stage 1 – Year A – Unit 16

This two-week unit provides students with opportunities to explore different situations where they can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Mathematics K-2 Syllabus © 2022 NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales.

Students are provided opportunities to:

  • rename and partition numbers
  • use flexible strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • represent equality
  • use equal groups to represent multiplication
  • use flexible strategies to solve multiplication and division problems.

Syllabus focus and content group

Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
  • Use counting sequences of ones with two-digit numbers and beyond
  • Represent the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers
  • Use counting sequences of ones and tens flexibly
  • Form, regroup, and rename three-digit numbers
Combining and separating quantities – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CSQ-01
  • Use advanced count-by-one strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • Use flexible strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • Represent equality
  • Represent and reason about additive relations
  • Use knowledge of equality to solve related problems
Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
  • Count in multiples using rhythmic and skip counting
  • Model and use equal groups of objects to represent multiplication
  • Recognise and represent division
  • Represent and explain multiplication as the combining of equal groups
  • Represent multiplication and division problems


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