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