Strand Progression Map

Foundation

• Copy and continue repeating patterns

Year 1

• Create skip counting and repeating patterns, identifying the repeating unit

Year 2

• Describe and continue patterns that increase or decrease by a constant amount
• Identify missing elements in patterns

Year 3

• Find unknown values in number sentences involving addition and subtraction
• Create algorithms to investigate numbers and explore simple patterns

Year 4

• Find unknown values in equations involving addition and subtraction
• Follow and create algorithms that generate sets of numbers and identify emerging patterns

Year 5

• Find unknown values in equations involving multiplication and division
• Create and use algorithms to identify patterns in factors and multiples

Year 6

• Find unknown values in equations involving combinations of arithmetic operations
• Identify and explain rules used to create growing patterns
• Create and use algorithms to generate sets of numbers using a rule

Year 7

• Use algebraic expressions to represent situations and describe relationships between variables
• Substitute values into formulas to determine unknown values
• Solve linear equations with natural number solutions

Year 8

• Rearrange, expand and factorise linear expressions
• Graph linear relations
• Solve linear equations with rational solutions and one-variable inequalities

Year 9

• Expand binomial products
• Factorise monic quadratic expressions
• Find the distance between 2 points on the Cartesian plane

Year 10

• Solve problems involving growth and decay using linear, quadratic and exponential functions
• Solve simultaneous linear equations and linear inequalities in 2 variables graphically
• Make and test conjectures involving functions and relations using digital tools