Multi-age 3–6, mathematics, Year A – Unit 17

This 2-week, Year A unit develops the big idea that multiplicative thinking involves flexible use of multiplication and division concepts, strategies, and representations.

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:

  • use patterns and array structures to support multiplicative thinking (Stage 2)
  • apply knowledge of multiplication to estimate, measure and compare area (Stage 2)
  • apply knowledge of multiplication to measure and compare volume using the row, column, layer structure (Stage 2)
  • select and apply appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems (Stage 3)
  • estimate and measure areas of rectangles and composite shapes using square centimetres and square metres (Stage 3)
  • recognise the relationship between the dimensions of a prism and its volume to calculate volumes in cubic centimetres and cubic metres (Stage 3).

Syllabus outcomes and content groups

Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01

  • Generate and describe patterns
  • Use arrays to establish multiplication facts from multiples of 2 and 4, 5 and 10
  • Recall multiplication facts of 2 and 4, 5 and 10 and related division facts

Two-dimensional spatial structure A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-2DS-01, MA2-2DS-03

  • 2D shapes: Compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes
  • Area: Use square centimetres to measure and estimate the areas of rectangles

Two-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-2DS-01, MA2-2DS-03

  • Area: Measure the areas of shapes using the grid structure
  • Area: Compare surfaces using familiar metric units of area

Three-dimensional spatial structure A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-3DS-01

  • 3D objects: Make models of three-dimensional objects to compare and describe key features
  • Volume: Compare objects using familiar metric units of volume

Three-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-3DS-01

3D objects: Connect three-dimensional objects and two-dimensional representations

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
  • Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations

Multiplicative relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01

Select and apply strategies to solve problems involving multiplication and division with whole numbers

Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-GM-02

Length: Measure lengths to find perimeters

Two-dimensional spatial structure A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-2DS-02

Area: Calculate the areas of rectangles using familiar metric units

Two-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-2DS-02

Area: Find the area of composite figures

Three-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-3DS-02

  • Volume: Use cubic metres for measurement of volume
  • Volume: Recognise the multiplicative structure for finding volume
  • Volume: Find the volumes of rectangular prisms in cubic centimetres and cubic metres

Category:

  • 3-6
  • Geometric measure
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Multiplicative relations
  • Three-dimensional spatial structure
  • Two-dimensional spatial structure
  • Unit

Business Unit:

  • Curriculum and Reform
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