Stage 2 – Unit 7

This 2-week unit introduces the big idea that multiplicative thinking involves flexible use of multiplication and division concepts, strategies and representations.

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:

  • generate and describe patterns
  • use arrays to establish multiplication facts from multiples of 2 and 4, 5 and 10
  • represent and solve problems involving multiplication fact families.

Syllabus focus and content group

Representing numbers using place value A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01

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: 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
  • Represent and solve problems involving multiplication fact families

Multiplicative relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01, MA2-MR-02

  • Use known number facts and strategies
  • Use number properties to find related multiplication facts
  • Represent and solve word problems with number sentences involving multiplication or division
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