Halves and quarters (age 8+)
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest half and quarter inch; display the data on a line plot with a scale marked in whole numbers, halves, and quarters
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Try this together
If your child measures ten pencil lengths to the nearest quarter inch, can they record the data and plot it on a number line split into quarters — then spot which length appears most?
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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
identify common uses and represent halves, quarters and eighths in relation to shapes, objects and events
recognise and describe one-half as one of 2 equal parts of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving
recognise and read the time represented on an analog clock to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour
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.