Strand Progression Map

Foundation

• Connect number names, numerals and their position in sequence from 0 to at least 20
• Use subitising and counting strategies to quantify collections
• Compare the size of collections to at least 20

Year 1

• Connect number names, numerals and quantities; order numbers to at least 120
• Partition two-digit numbers into tens and ones
• Skip count in twos, fives or tens to at least 120

Year 2

• Order and represent numbers to at least 1,000
• Apply place value to partition, rearrange and rename two- and three-digit numbers
• Recall addition and subtraction facts within 20

Year 3

• Order and represent natural numbers beyond 10,000
• Partition two- and three-digit numbers in different ways to assist in calculations
• Apply single-digit addition and related subtraction facts to two- and three-digit problems

Year 4

• Represent tenths and hundredths in decimal form
• Multiply natural numbers by multiples of 10
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers efficiently using known facts

Year 5

• Write and order decimals, including decimals greater than one
• Express natural numbers as products of factors; identify multiples
• Add and subtract fractions with same or related denominators

Year 6

• Use integers to represent points on a number line and in the Cartesian plane
• Solve problems using properties of prime, composite and square numbers
• Order common fractions; add and subtract fractions with related denominators

Year 7

• Represent natural numbers in expanded form and as products of prime factors using exponent notation
• Solve problems involving squares and square roots of perfect squares
• Solve addition and subtraction problems with integers

Year 8

• Recognise irrational numbers and terminating or recurring decimals
• Apply exponent laws to calculations with positive integer exponents
• Solve problems involving the 4 operations with integers and positive rational numbers

Year 9

• Use rational and irrational numbers to solve problems
• Extend and apply exponent laws with positive integers to variables
• Express small and large numbers in scientific notation

Year 10

• Recognise the effect of approximations of real numbers in repeated calculations
• Interpret and use logarithmic scales representing small or large quantities