Stage 3 – Year A – Unit 8
This 2-week, Year A unit develops the big idea that visual representations help us understand aspects of our world (chance and position).
Students are provided opportunities to:
- compare different position systems, including Cartesian coordinates, to define precise points on a coordinate plane
- understand that probability can be represented numerically between zero to one
- present probability outcomes and create random generators.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes 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.
Represents quantity fractions A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RQF-01
- Recognise the role of the number 1 as representing the whole
- Compare and order common unit fractions
- Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator
Represents quantity fractions B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RQF-01
- Compare common fractions with related denominators
- Build up to the whole from a given fractional part
Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-GM-01
Position: Explore the Cartesian coordinate system
Geometric measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-GM-01
Position: Use the 4 quadrants of the coordinate plane
Chance A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-CHAN-01
List outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and represent probabilities
Chance B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-CHAN-01
- Compare observed frequencies of outcomes with expected results
- Create random generators and describe probabilities using fractions
- Conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials