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AC9MFN05

represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Number in Foundation Year.

AC9MFN01

name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals

AC9MFN02

recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising

AC9MFN03

quantify and compare collections to at least 20 using counting and explain or demonstrate reasoning

AC9MFN04

partition and combine collections up to 10 using part-part-whole relationships and subitising to recognise and name the parts

AC9MFN06

represent practical situations that involve equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9MFN05 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Foundation Year.

  1. Year 1AC9M1N01recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 120 using physical and virtual materials, numerals, number lines and charts
  2. Year 1AC9M1N02partition one- and two-digit numbers in different ways using physical and virtual materials, including partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones
  3. Year 1AC9M1N03quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting
  4. Year 1AC9M1N04add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
  5. Year 1AC9M1N05use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive situations including simple money transactions; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials, and use calculation strategies to solve the problem
  6. Year 1AC9M1N06use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving equal sharing and grouping; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials, and use calculation strategies to solve the problem

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