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Odd or Even

Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members

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If your child has a group of 14 objects, can they tell you whether that number is odd or even — for example by pairing them up to see if any are left over?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Counting in 2sages 5–7Odd/even requires counting by 2s (skip counting)
Addition as combining or putting together twoages 4–6Writing even numbers as sum of two equal addends uses addition concept
Odd or Eventhis skill · ages 7–8
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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M4N02high confidenceYear 4 · Number

explain and use the properties of odd and even numbers

AC9M1N03low confidenceYear 1 · Number

quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M3N01medium confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Number strand
VC2M1N03low confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · 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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