Mathematics
Learning mathematics creates opportunities for and enriches the lives of all Australians. The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills and knowledge in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. It develops the numeracy capabilities that all students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provides the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and professional applications of mathematics are built.
Mathematics has its own value and beauty and the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics aims to instil in students an appreciation of the elegance and power of mathematical reasoning. Mathematical ideas have evolved across all cultures over thousands of years, and are constantly developing. Digital technologies are facilitating this expansion of ideas and providing access to new tools for continuing mathematical exploration and invention. The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. These proficiencies enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.
The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics ensures that the links between the various components of mathematics, as well as the relationship between mathematics and other disciplines, are made clear. Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and systems which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom. In science, for example, understanding sources of error and their impact on the confidence of conclusions is vital, as is the use of mathematical models in other disciplines. In geography, interpretation of data underpins the study of human populations and their physical environments; in history, students need to be able to imagine timelines and time frames to reconcile related events; and in English, deriving quantitative and spatial information is an important aspect of making meaning of texts.
The curriculum anticipates that schools will ensure all students benefit from access to the power of mathematical reasoning and learn to apply their mathematical understanding creatively and efficiently. The Mathematics curriculum provides students with carefully paced, in-depth study of critical skills and concepts. It encourages teachers to help students become self-motivated, confident learners through inquiry and active participation in challenging and engaging experiences.
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Identifying Fractions Game – I Have, Who Has?
Practise identifying fraction models and fractions on a number line with an exciting I Have, Who Has game.
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Pizza Fractions – Hands-On Materials
Use these hands-on materials to improve student understanding of fraction models and equivalent fractions while making a pizza.
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Maths Mazes (Place Value)
Determine the correct paths through each maze using knowledge of place value.
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Loose Change (Coins and Notes) – Board Game
A board game to encourage students to learn about Australian coins and notes.
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Weighing Scales Templates
A variety of weighing scales templates for students to practise reading scales to measure grams and kilograms.
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Grid System Puzzles – Save a Seat Project
Explore a real-life grid reference project where students plan cinema seating at Colossal Cinemas, practising coordinates, inference, and decision-making skills.
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Which Objects Have Capacity Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of capacity.
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Capacity Maths Investigation - Bath Time at the Farm!
A mathematics investigation involving capacity, embedded in a real-world context.
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3-Digit Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about the place value of three-digit numbers.
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Year 5 Fractions and Decimals Worksheets
Use these fractions and decimals worksheets in your Year 5 classroom for independent practice or as an assessment activity.
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Skip Counting Robot Template
A fun robot template to help students skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s.
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Number Sequencing to 100 - Worksheet
A raindrop themed place value worksheet to use when sequencing numbers to 100.
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Chance Vocabulary Definitions
A poster with a set of chance vocabulary words and associated definitions.
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Area Investigation - Big, Loud Feet!
A mathematics investigation involving area, embedded in a real-world context.
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Dot Day STEM Activities - Building Tasks
Implement Dot Day STEM Activities with a set of fun DOT-based structure-building task cards.
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Rounding to Estimate Worksheet Set
Use our rounding to estimate worksheet set to sharpen number sense and mental maths skills.
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Spatial Reasoning Worksheets
Share these spatial reasoning worksheets with your students to help them master spatial relationships and composite shape standards.
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Ordering and Comparing Decimals Year 5 Task Cards
Master decimal place value concepts with these ordering and comparing decimals year 5 task cards featuring decimals out to the thousandths place.
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Comparing and Ordering Decimals Teaching Slides
Use our pizza-themed comparing and ordering decimals teaching slides to teach your students to compare and order decimals to the thousandths place using a place value chart.
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Word Problems for Volume Task Cards
Present these word problems for volume task cards to your students to give them practice solving volume problems with real-world context!
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Fractions Greater Than 1 Worksheet Pack (Colour-by-Number)
Use our Fractions Greater Than 1 Worksheet Pack to give your students a fun way to practise converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers.
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Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions Matching Cards
Break out our mixed numbers and improper fractions matching cards for a hands-on way to practise converting and representing amounts more than one.
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Subitising Activity — Clip Cards (Numbers 1 - 10)
Share this subitising activity with your students to give them hands-on practise subitising to 10.
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Comparing and Ordering Length Task Cards - Year 2
Practise comparing and ordering the lengths of objects with a set of printable informal measurement task cards.
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Measuring Length with Formal Units Teaching Slides
Introduce your students to the formal units to measure length with an engaging, interactive teaching slide deck.
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Place Value Bingo Game Numbers Up to 10 000
Practise place value knowledge in numbers up to 10 000 with this set of bingo cards.
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Year 5 Maths Test - Multi-Digit Multiplication
Assess your students' skills with multiplying whole numbers using a printable Year 5 Multiplication Test.
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Clock Worksheet Cut and Paste– 5-Minute Intervals
Use a clock worksheet to cut, paste and build a clock with five minute increments.
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Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Worksheet Pack
Download this set of subtracting fractions with unlike denominators worksheets to help your students practise this important maths skill.
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Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators Interactive Maze
Get your students to add fractions with unlike denominators to find their way out of the digital maze!
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Label the Unit Fraction Worksheets
Label different unit fractions with this set of student worksheets.
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Dividing with Decimals – Word Problem Task Cards
Sharpen decimal division skills while solving a variety of word problems with this set of 24 task cards.