AC9MFN03
Official content description
quantify and compare collections to at least 20 using counting and explain or demonstrate 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 Number progression either side of AC9MFN03
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Builds towards · Year 1
- AC9M1N01recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 120 using physical and virtual materials, numerals, number lines and charts
- AC9M1N02partition one- and two-digit numbers in different ways using physical and virtual materials, including partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones
- AC9M1N03quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting
Other Foundation Number codes
- AC9MFN01name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals
- AC9MFN02recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising
- AC9MFN04partition and combine collections up to 10 using part-part-whole relationships and subitising to recognise and name the parts
- AC9MFN05represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
- AC9MFN06represent practical situations that involve equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
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