Fluent adding and subtracting within 5
Fluently add and subtract within 5
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Can your child give you the answer to sums like '2 + 3' or '5 − 2' straight away, without needing to count on their fingers every time?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recall and demonstrate proficiency with addition facts to 20; extend and apply facts to develop related subtraction facts
add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences and solve using part-part-whole reasoning and a variety of calculation strategies
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.