Stage 3, mathematics, Year B – Unit 27
This 2-week unit develops the big idea that multiplicative thinking involves flexible use of multiplication and division concepts, strategies and representations.
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 opportunities to:
- identify, describe and apply multiplicative patterns
- learn and apply a range of concepts, strategies and representations for multiplication and division
- share their reasoning for applying multiplicative strategies in particular situations.
Represents numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01
Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition, regroup and rename numbers to 1 billion
Additive relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-AR-01
Apply efficient mental and written strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01
- Use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers
- Represent and solve division problems with whole number remainders
- Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations
Multiplicative relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01, MA3-MR-02
- Select and apply strategies to solve problems involving multiplication and division with whole numbers
- Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10
- Use equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division to find unknown quantities
- Represent and describe number patterns formed by multiples
- Explore the use of brackets and the order of operations to write number sentences