Division as Unknown Factor
Understand division as an unknown-factor problem (e.g. find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8)
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Can your child work out '32 ÷ 8' by asking 'what do I multiply 8 by to get 32?' — using times table knowledge rather than a separate division method?
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Curriculum alignment
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Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number facts
find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operations
express natural numbers as products of their factors, recognise multiples and determine if one number is divisible by another
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Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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.