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MathematicsMeasurementusually ages 8–9

Estimating and comparing money

Estimate, compare, and calculate different measures including money in pounds and pence

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If your child is comparing three items costing £2.85, £3.10, and £2.50, can they put them in order from cheapest to most expensive — and work out the total cost?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Calculating with measurementsages 7–8Standard unit measurement is prerequisite to estimating and calculating measures
Giving Changeages 7–8Money arithmetic experience feeds into calculating measures including money
Estimating and comparing moneythis skill · ages 8–9
Unlocks
Fractions on a number lineages 9–10Y4 estimate/compare/calculate measures is prerequisite to word problems with fractions/decimals

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M3M06medium confidenceYear 3 · Measurement

recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA2-NSM-01low confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M3N07low confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Number strand
VC2M3M01low confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Measurement strand
VC2M3N06low confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · 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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