AC9MFN06 Foundation Mathematics

Content descriptor represent practical situations that involve equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using materials to role-play equal sharing; for example, sharing pieces of fruit or a bunch of grapes between 4 people and discussing how you would know they have been shared equally; when playing card games where each player is dealt the same number of cards, and counting the number of cards after the deal to ensure they have the same amount
• • Elaboration representing situations that involve counting several items; for example, 9 beads or 6 \$1 coins, and sharing them equally between 3 people by subitising or counting each group by ones to decide how many beads or coins each person will receive
• • Elaboration exploring instructive games of First Nations Australians that involve sharing; for example, playing Yangamini of the Tiwi Peoples of Bathurst Island to investigate and discuss equal sharing