Year 6 · Mathematics · Algebra

AC9M6A01

recognise and use rules that generate visually growing patterns and number patterns involving rational numbers

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Algebra in Year 6.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9M6A01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 6.

1. Year 5AC9M5A01recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number facts
2. Year 5AC9M5A02find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operations
3. Year 7AC9M7A01recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown
4. Year 7AC9M7A02formulate algebraic expressions using constants, variables, operations and brackets
5. Year 7AC9M7A03solve one-variable linear equations with natural number solutions; verify the solution by substitution
6. Year 7AC9M7A04describe relationships between variables represented in graphs of functions from authentic data
7. Year 7AC9M7A05generate tables of values from visually growing patterns or the rule of a function; describe and plot these relationships on the Cartesian plane
8. Year 7AC9M7A06manipulate formulas involving several variables using digital tools, and describe the effect of systematic variation in the values of the variables