Stage 3, mathematics, Year B – Unit 31
This 2-week, Year B unit develops the big idea that the number system extends infinitely to very large and very small numbers.
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.
Students are provided opportunities to:
- recognise, represent and order numbers in the millions
- make connections between benchmark fractions, decimals and percentages
- develop flexible methods of computation in multiplication and division.
Represents 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
Represents numbers B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-03
Decimals and percentages: Make connections between benchmark fractions, decimals and percentages
Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01
- Determine products and factors
- Use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers
Multiplicative relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01
- 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