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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Decimal Place Value Worksheets
Use these decimal place value worksheets to help your students analyse patterns in decimal place values out to the thousandths place.
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Positional Language Hands-On Activity Mats
Engage students with positional language using these fun hands-on activity mats, where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.
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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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Order and Compare Decimals Maze Set
Flex your decimal skills with this order and compare decimals maze set that features decimals out to the thousandths place.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Activity — Escape Room
Engage your students with this parallel and perpendicular lines activity that encourages cooperation and problem solving to escape!
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines PPT — Teaching Slides
Download this parallel and perpendicular lines PPT to engage your students as you teach them about different line types!
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Position Words – Interactive Peg Cards
Teach position words with these interactive digital clip cards, designed to help young learners master prepositions.
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Drawing Parallel Lines and Perpendicular Lines Worksheet Set
Utilise this drawing parallel lines and perpendicular lines worksheet set to give your students practice drawing line types on their own and on 2D shapes.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines in Shapes Sorting Activity
Identify parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes in this engaging sorting activity!
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Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines in Shapes Worksheet Pack
Present this parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes worksheet pack to your students to give them practice identifying attributes of 2D shapes.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Games — Sorting Activity
Play parallel and perpendicular lines games in your classroom to give students practice sorting lines into intersecting, parallel, or perpendicular line categories.
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Intersecting, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Worksheet Set
Use this intersecting, parallel and perpendicular lines worksheet set to introduce your students to basic line concepts.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.
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Comparing and Ordering Decimals Worksheets
Utilise these comparing and ordering decimals worksheets to introduce your students to multiple decimal representations.
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Order and Compare Decimals With Models and Place Value — Teaching Slides
Teach your students to order and compare decimals with models and place value with these teaching slides that feature decimals represented as fractions, MAB blocks and 100s grids.
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Volume Poster
Display our volume poster in your classroom to give students an easy reference for the volume formula and related vocabulary.
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Volume Word Problems
Reinforce concepts of volume with these volume word problems worksheets that contain multiple problem types set in real-world scenarios.
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Differentiated Volume of Rectangular Prism Worksheet Set
Differentiate instruction with this volume of rectangular prism worksheet set that offers three levels of volume problems.
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Volume With Decimals Worksheets
Provide these volume with decimals worksheets to your students to give them practice calculating volume and multiplying decimals.
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Line and Rotational Symmetry Sorting Activity
Have your students determine whether each object has line symmetry, rotational symmetry, or no symmetry, with this fun cut and paste worksheet.
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Money Place Value Chart Activity Set
‘Bank’ on this money place value chart activity set to make teaching decimal concepts a breeze!
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MAB Blocks Place Value Chart
Utilise this MAB blocks place value chart for decimals to introduce decimal place values with an engaging, hands-on approach.
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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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Decimal and Place Value Chart
Provide your students with our decimal and place value chart to make comparing and ordering decimals a breeze!
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Volume Game — BINGO!
Play our BINGO volume game with your students to give them engaging practice finding the volume of rectangular prisms.
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Worksheets on Volume of Rectangular Prisms
Share our worksheets on volume of rectangular prisms with students to give them the practice they need in a fun ‘this’ or ‘that’ format.
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Spell and Count - Money Maths Activity
Develop spelling and money-counting skills simultaneously with a printable spelling and money maths centre activity.
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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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Composite Volume Problems — ‘Prism Party’ Interactive Activity
Challenge your students with this composite volume problems interactive activity that provides nine levels of volume-finding fun!
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Volume Math Games — Composite Figures Match-Up
Challenge your students with volume math games like this composite figures match-up that will have them matching compound rectangular prisms with equations and volumes.
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Volume of Prisms Activity — Mini-Book
Use our volume of prisms activity book to teach your students how to find the volume of rectangular prisms.
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Interactive Volume Activities
Give students our engaging interactive volume activities to present them with a variety of volume problems in eight different challenges.