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AC9MFN04: Foundation Mathematics Content Descriptor – Number
AC9MFN04 Foundation Mathematics

AC9MFN04 – Foundation Mathematics: null

Strand
Number
Substrand
Number

This Content Descriptor from Foundation Mathematics provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

  • • recognising numbers represented in physical or virtual ten-frames, and describing their reasoning: “It’s \(7\) because there is \(5\) there and \(2\) more”
  • • partitioning collections of up to \(10\) objects in different ways and saying the part-part-whole relationship; for example, partitioning a collection of \(6\) counters into \(4\) counters and \(2\) counters and saying, “\(6\) is \(4\) and \(2\) more, it’s \(2\) and \(4\)”, then partitioning the same collection into \(5\) and one or \(3\) and \(3\)
  • • representing part-part-whole relationships in numbers up to \(10\) using physical or virtual materials; for example, identifying numbers represented by dots in standard number configurations such as dominos and dice by recognising parts that form the whole
  • • exploring number groupings in First Nations Australians’ counting systems and the different ways of representing these groupings to form and partition numbers, applying this to quantify collections of objects in the environment on Country/Place up to \(10\)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Foundation ASMATFY
Foundation Mathematics Achievement Standard
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. They use subitising and counting strategies to quantify collections. Students compare the size of collections to at least 20. They partition and combine collections up to 10 in different ways, representing these with numbers. Students represent practical situations that involve quantifying, equal sharing, adding to and taking away from collections to at least 10. 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. They sequence and connect familiar events to the time of day. Students name, create and sort familiar shapes and give their reasoning. They describe the position and the location of themselves and objects in relation to other objects and people within a familiar space. Students collect, sort and compare data in response to questions in familiar contexts.