Mathematics / Year 1 / Number

• TLF-IDA004597

In this first of two lessons, students investigate and play a First Nations Australian children’s instructive game of throwing skill called Kolap. They collect and represent data, and discuss their findings.

• TLF-IDA004284

This activity provides a way for children to show and tell what they know about numbers. It can be modified for different age groups and used every day with a different number.

• TLF-IDM021154

An abacus is a tool that helps people solve maths problems. Why might some people still use, and encourage the use of, an abacus when there are more contemporary tools like calculators?

• TLF-IDM012235

This is an interactive resource that represents numbers visually as groups of hundreds, tens and units. It can be used to count numbers by partitioning them based on place value, or to represent numbers by building them from grids of hundreds, tens and units. The numerals matching the visual representations can be visible ...

• TLF-IDM015939

Dodly is trying to keep count of the number of sheep in the backyard. Flynn helps Dodly to keep count by representing the numbers in different ways. They use models, drawings, strokes and numerals to keep count. Also discover the ways different cultures have recorded numbers.

• TLF-IDM008811

This is a 29-page guide for teachers. The module introduces addition and subtraction of whole numbers.

• TLF-IDA005649

As a team use the area model and mathematical thinking to find the answer to tricky calculations. Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: area model for multiplication; 1 x 2-digit multiplication; 2 x 2-digit multiplication; identifying factors; partial products; distributive property; place value partitioning ...

• TLF-IDA005643

As a team, use your knowledge of different strategies to find the total number of Thundergoats as efficiently as possible (e.g. use combinations for ten). Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: noticing how items are organised can help you work out their total (subitising). There are many ways to add and ...

• TLF-IDA004353

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can use their knowledge of repeating patterns created with objects and extend this to number patterns. It is important to remember to ask students to continue patterns to the right and left. This is important as students need to be able to count forwards and backwards.

• TLF-IDM009165

This is a 23-page guide for teachers. This module contains a description of suitable models for multiplication, a discussion of the type of problem phrased in words that requires multiplication for its solution, and mental and written strategies for multiplication. The use of the commutative, associative and distributive ...