AC9M3ST03
Official content description
conduct guided statistical investigations involving the collection, representation and interpretation of data for categorical and discrete numerical variables with respect to questions of interest
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What Year 3 Maths students should achieve
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- Students conduct guided statistical investigations involving categorical and discrete numerical data, and interpret their results in terms of the context.
- They use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving single-digit multiplication and division, recalling multiplication facts for twos, threes, fours, fives and tens, and using a range of strategies.
- They create algorithms to investigate numbers and explore simple patterns.
- Students represent unit fractions and their multiples in different ways.
- Students use familiar metric units when estimating, comparing and measuring the attributes of objects and events.
- By the end of Year 3, students order and represent natural numbers beyond 10 000.
The Statistics progression either side of AC9M3ST03
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Taught before · Year 2
- AC9M2ST01acquire data for categorical variables through surveys, observation, experiment and using digital tools; sort data into relevant categories and display data using lists and tables
- AC9M2ST02create different graphical representations of data using software where appropriate; compare the different representations, identify and describe common and distinctive features in response to questions
Builds towards · Year 4
- AC9M4ST01acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose, using digital tools; represent data using many-to-one pictographs, column graphs and other displays or visualisations; interpret and discuss the information that has been created
- AC9M4ST02analyse the effectiveness of different displays or visualisations in illustrating and comparing data distributions, then discuss the shape of distributions and the variation in the data
- AC9M4ST03conduct statistical investigations, collecting data through survey responses and other methods; record and display data using digital tools; interpret the data and communicate the results
Other Year 3 Statistics codes
- AC9M3ST01acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose by observing, collecting and accessing data sets; record the data using appropriate methods including frequency tables and spreadsheets
- AC9M3ST02create and compare different graphical representations of data sets including using software where appropriate; interpret the data in terms of the context
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