Mathematics year 1–10 (MAT01‑05)
Competence aims and assessment

Examples of connections

Explanation

Competence aims after year 3

  • develop
    and
    use
    suitable strategies for subtracting in practical situations
  • explore
    and explain relationships between addition and subtraction and
    use
    this in one’s own mental arithmetic and problem solving
  • explore
    multiplication by counting
  • experiment with multiplication and division in everyday situations
  • represent multiplication in different ways and switch between the different representations
  • use
    commutative, associative and distributive properties to
    explore
    and
    describe
    strategies in multiplication
  • describe
    equality and inequality in comparing sizes, sets, expressions and numbers and
    use
    the symbol for equals and does not equal
  • explore
    equilibrium and balance in practical situations, represent this in different ways and switch between the different representations
  • use
    different units of measurement for length and mass in practical situations and argue for the choice of unit of measurement
  • experiment with and explain positions in the coordinate system
  • create and follow rules and step-by-step instructions in play and games related to the coordinate system

Formative assessment