Stage 2, mathematics, Year B – Unit 24
This unit develops the big idea that fractions represent multiple ideas and can be represented in different ways.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from 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 with opportunities to:
- partition, measure, label and compare lengths and wholes using fractions
- use addition and subtraction of fractions to find complementary fractions
- solve problems using equivalence and complementary fractions.
Represents numbers using place value B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-02
Decimals: Make connections between fractions and decimal notation
Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01
- Generate and describe patterns
- Recall multiplication facts of 2 and 4, 5 and 10 and related division facts
Partitioned fractions A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-PF-01
- Create fractional parts of a length using techniques other than repeated halving
- Model and represent unit fractions, and their multiples, to complete a whole on a number line
Partitioned fractions B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-PF-01
- Model equivalent fractions as lengths
- Represent fractional quantities equal to and greater than one
Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-GM-02
Length: Measure and compare objects using metres, centimetres and millimetres
Geometric measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-GM-02
Length: Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths