VC2M2A04
Parents start here
Your child is learning to use tricks to make multiplying easier.
- Use commutativity: if 6 × 4 = 24 then 4 × 6 = 24
- Use the distributive property: 8 × 7 = 8 × 5 + 8 × 2 = 40 + 16 = 56
One skill from the map, ages 8–9 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
A Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 content description in Mathematics, Level 2. The description text is © VCAA and not reproduced here — read the official wording at the VCAA site.
Official source: Victorian Curriculum F–10 V2.0 — Mathematics ↗ · content © VCAA (CC-BY-NC) · codes shown as reference labels only
Closest Australian Curriculum v9 codes
The national codes this Victorian code most closely corresponds to — machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).
multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies
recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for twos; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts using doubling and halving
recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
9 other candidate matches — 4 medium, 5 low
medium confidence
low confidence
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Algebra strand (Level 2):
VC2M2A01VC2M2A02VC2M2A03
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