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Mathematics / Year 2 / Number and Algebra / Patterns and algebra

Curriculum content descriptions

Solve problems by using number sentences for addition or subtraction (ACMNA036)

Elaborations
  • representing a word problem as a number sentence
  • writing a word problem to represent a number sentence
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Mathematical expressions

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Sites2See: Patterns and Algebra

Selected links to a range of interactive online resources for the study of patterns and algebra in Foundation to Year 6 Mathematics.

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reSolve: Algebra - Equivalence

This sequence of two lessons builds students' understanding of equivalence as balance. The equals sign is used to indicate the same value on both sides of an equation. Students develop their understanding of equivalence by looking at balancing scales with blocks of different weights. Each lesson is outlined in detail including ...

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Goat Crashers (Mental calculations with unconditional probability) - ABC Education

Using your knowledge of different operations, join the Pig Posse to help kick them out before they eat everything. Or join the goats and move on in! Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: addition and subtraction with 1–30; multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10; dividing by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10.

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Goat Grommets (Mental computation and dependent probability) - ABC Education

As a team, you'll need to use your understanding of probability to decide which waves your surfer should catch — or when to play it safe and head in. Use mental addition to calculate your score. Enjoy the surf but watch out for the shark pig! Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: the probability of an occurrence ...

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Goat Squad (Partitioning numbers and dependent probability) - ABC Education

The Rocksteady Reds cheer squad is competing against the Blue Boing Boings to be the first to build a triangle and win the cheerleading competition. Will you use your strategies for addition and partitioning numbers to help your team win? Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: addition and partitioning numbers; ...

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The Mathscots: Level 2 Teaching Guide

This teaching guide provides a range of associated activities for each of the Mathscots episodes at Year 2. The guide contains a summary of the mathematical focus in each episode, a range of scaffolded learning experiences for before, during and after viewing each video, activities for families at home, and sets of printable ...

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The Mathscots: Sharing the Sausages

In this animated video, Prime the puppy uses multiplication, division and subtraction to work out how many sausages are served at dinner. The mathematical focus is on representing array problems with available materials and explaining reasoning; visualising a group of objects as a unit and using this to calculate the number ...

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The Mathscots: Dog Feeder Dilemma

In this animated video, Prime’s new dog feeder is not working as it should. Can Abacus help Prime get the food she needs? The mathematical focus is on multiplication facts for twos using doubling; modelling and representing simple additive and multiplicative situations and problem solving. The video includes a full transcript ...

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The Mathscots: Knit 1, Purr 1

In this animated video, Abacus the cat keeps a count of the hats, scarves and leg warmers that Ada and Al knit for the Mathscots. The mathematical focus is on counting by 1s and skip counting by 2s and 4s, choosing procedures for efficiency; using facts of 10, additive thinking and place value concepts; noticing, observing ...

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Salute - Calculate

This game gives students opportunities to practise addition and subtraction strategies and develop algebraic thinking by finding unknown values in additive equations.

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Make 10 - Calculate

This game challenges students to choose pairs of cards that sum to ten. The game develops students' skills of addition and subtraction, creating simple equations and using mathematical language to describe their thinking processes.

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Duck in a Bucket - Calculate

In this game for pairs or teams, students practise addition and subtraction of small numbers, using multiple strategies.

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Pattern & Algebra Year 2 - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can use numbers to describe a pattern that it written as a description. From here we are interested in finding out if students can interpret the pattern, discover the rule and apply this rule to find missing or future terms.

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Odd & Even Year 1 & 2 - Calculate

In this lesson students investigate odd and even numbers.

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Addition and Subtraction - Calculate

This game focuses on addition, subtraction and estimation. It can be played many times as the totals will often be different and the focus of the mathematics can change. There is a video included to help with how to play the game.

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Work sample Year 2 Mathematics: Trick or treat

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 2 Mathematics. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Addition and subtraction: Year 2 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 2 is for the topic of Addition and subtraction. Students explore and test a range of computation strategies to solve additive situations – situations involving addition and subtraction.

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Piñata Party Tens (2-digit place value)

As a team, use your knowledge of tens and ones place values to help the goats release the treats from the piñata and have the GOAT party! Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: - Increasing and decreasing the value of 2-digit numbers. - Identifying the value of a digit based on its position in a numeral. - ...

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Understanding Australian coins

This lesson is about Australian coins, their features, and their value. During the lesson, students explore what Australian coins look like, their value and their purpose. They identify and describe the features and value of Australian coins and make simple calculations using coins.

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Paying It Forward

This resource is a cross-curricular suite of units for Years F-6. The units develop understanding of tax and superannuation while focusing on understanding civic values and the financial wellbeing of students. There are three units, one each for F-2, 3-4 and 5-6 classrooms. They include downloadable materials, links to ...