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Paying It Forward (Years 3-4)
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| Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | budgeting, diversity, inclusive, financial literacy |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | HASS, Health and Physical Education |
| Strand and focus | Number, Algebra, Statistics |
| Topics | Money and financial mathematics, Mathematical modelling, Algebraic expressions, Data acquisition and recording |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3A01
Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction as inverse operations, apply to partition numbers and find unknown values in number sentences
AC9M3N06
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations including financial contexts; formulate problems using number sentences and choose calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation
AC9M3ST01
Acquire 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
AC9M4ST01
Acquire 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
AC9M4N08
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations including financial contexts; formulate the problems using number sentences and choose efficient calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation
AC9M4A01
Find unknown values in numerical equations involving addition and subtraction, using the properties of numbers and operations |
| Numeracy progression |
Additive strategies (P8)
Multiplicative strategies (P6) Understanding money (P4) Interpreting and representing data (P4) |
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| Organisation | ATO |
| Copyright | © Australian Taxation Office for the Commonwealth of Australia. Free-for-education material. |
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