Stage 3, mathematics, Year A – Unit 06
This 2-week unit develops the big idea that our number system extends infinitely to very large and very small numbers.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)External link © 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:
- read, rename, represent and order numbers up to and including millions
- compare, order and represent decimals
- use place value knowledge to solve addition and subtraction problems.
Representing numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01, MA3-RN-02
- Whole numbers: Recognise, represent and order numbers in the millions
- Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition, regroup and rename numbers to 1 billion
- Decimals and percentages: Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths
- Decimals and percentages: Compare, order and represent decimals
Additive relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-AR-01
- Apply efficient mental and written strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
- Use estimation and place value understanding to determine the reasonableness of solutions