Learning Map

Counting Within 1,000

Count within 1000, including skip-counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s

How to tell they’ve got it

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Can your child count confidently up to 1000 — and if you ask them to count by hundreds from 200, or by tens from 650, can they do it without losing their place?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Counting in 2sages 5–7Counting to 1000 by 5s/10s/100s extends skip counting from Year 2
The multiples of 100ages 7–8Understanding multiples of 100 supports skip counting by 100s
Counting Within 1,000this skill · ages 7–8
Unlocks
Negative Numbersages 8–9Counting backwards through zero extends counting backwards within 1000

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M1A01low confidenceYear 1 · Algebra

recognise, continue and create pattern sequences, with numbers, symbols, shapes and objects, formed by skip counting, initially by twos, fives and tens

AC9M2N01low confidenceYear 2 · Number

recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines

AC9M3N07low confidenceYear 3 · Number

follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions to investigate numbers; describe any emerging patterns

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M1A01low confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Algebra strand
VC2M2N01low confidenceMathematics · Level 2 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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