Finding halves and quarters (age 5+)
Recognise, find, and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, shape, or quantity
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If you fold a square piece of paper into four equal parts, can your child tell you that each part is a quarter — and point to just one quarter?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recognise and describe one-half as one of 2 equal parts of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving
identify common uses and represent halves, quarters and eighths in relation to shapes, objects and events
recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for twos; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts using doubling and halving
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
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.