AC9MFM01
Official content description
identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning
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What Foundation Maths students should achieve
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- By the end of Foundation Year, students make connections between number names, numerals and position in the sequence of numbers from zero to at least 20.
- Students represent practical situations that involve quantifying, equal sharing, adding to and taking away from collections to at least 10.
- Students collect, sort and compare data in response to questions in familiar contexts.
- They copy and continue repeating patterns.
- Students identify the attributes of mass, capacity, length and duration, and use direct comparison strategies to compare objects and events.
- Students compare the size of collections to at least 20.
The Measurement progression either side of AC9MFM01
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Builds towards · Year 1
- AC9M1M01compare directly and indirectly and order objects and events using attributes of length, mass, capacity and duration, communicating reasoning
- AC9M1M02measure the length of shapes and objects using informal units, recognising that units need to be uniform and used end-to-end
- AC9M1M03describe the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days and hours
Other Foundation Measurement codes
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