Mathematics Problem Solving

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Problem Solving activities for students between 9 and 14 years of age.  Problems are based on real life and not so real life scenarios as well as YouTube videos.

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The Australian Curriculum
Number and AlgebraNumber and place valueACMNA076 Year 4 Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technoloACMNA099 Year 5 Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculationsACMNA100 Year 5 Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by oneor twodigit numbers uACMNA101 Year 5 Solve problems involving division by a one digit number, including those that resultACMNA123 Year 6 Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital tecACMNA124 Year 6 Investigate everyday situations that use positive and negative whole numbers and zerFractions and decimalsACMNA126 Year 6 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or relaACMNA127 Year 6 Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and wiACMNA128 Year 6 Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimationACMNA129 Year 6 Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions that result in terminating Money and financial mathematicsACMNA080 Year 4 Solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest fiveACMNA106 Year 5 Create simple financial plansACMNA132 Year 6 Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, wiACMNA174 Year 7 Investigate and calculate ‘best buys’, with and without digital technologiesMeasurement and GeometryUsing units of measurementACMMG108 Year 5 Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and massACMMG109 Year 5 Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric unitsACMMG135 Year 6 Connect decimal representations to the metric systemACMMG136 Year 6 Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacityACMMG137 Year 6 Solve problems involving the comparison of lengths and areas using appropriate unitsACMMG138 Year 6 Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurementACMMG159 Year 7 Establish the formulas for areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms and useACMMG160 Year 7 Calculate volumes of rectangular prismsGeometric reasoningACMMG089 Year 4 Compare angles and classify them as equal to, greater than or less than a right anglACMMG141 Year 6 Investigate, with and without digital technologies, angles on a straight line, angleACMMG163 Year 7 Identify corresponding, alternate and cointerior angles when two parallel straight l
The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 New
Year 4Number Year 4AC9M4N06 develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involviAC9M4N07 choose and use estimation and rounding to check and explain the reasonableness of calculatiMeasurement Year 4AC9M4M04 estimate and compare angles using angle names including acute, obtuse, straight angle, reflYear 5Number Year 5AC9M5N06 solve problems involving multiplication of larger numbers by one- or two-digit numbers, choAC9M5N07 solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools whAC9M5N08 check and explain the reasonableness of solutions to problems including financial contexts AC9M5N09 use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicativMeasurement Year 5AC9M5M01 choose appropriate metric units when measuring the length, mass and capacity of objects; usYear 6Number Year 6AC9M6N01 recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and representAC9M6N09 use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems, involving rational numbers and percAC9M6N07 solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantitAC9M6N06 multiply and divide decimals by multiples of powers of 10 without a calculator, applying knAC9M6N05 solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using knowledge of equivalenAC9M6N04 apply knowledge of place value to add and subtract decimals, using digital tools where apprMeasurement Year 6AC9M6M01 convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal reAC9M6M02 establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problemsAC9M6M04 identify the relationships between angles on a straight line, angles at a point and verticaYear 7Number Year 7AC9M7N09 use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving rational numbers and perceMeasurement Year 7AC9M7M01 solve problems involving the area of triangles and parallelograms using established formulaAC9M7M02 solve problems involving the volume of right prisms including rectangular and triangular prAC9M7M04 identify corresponding, alternate and co-interior relationships between angles formed when

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