Learning Map
MathematicsCounting & Cardinalityusually ages 7–8

Skip Counting (4s, 8s, 50s, 100s)

Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50, and 100

How to tell they’ve got it

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Can your child count in fours all the way to 48, count in eights, or count up in hundreds from any starting point — for example 350, 450, 550?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Counting in 2sages 5–7Counting in 4s and 8s extends prior skip counting in 2s, 5s, 10s
Skip Counting (4s, 8s, 50s, 100s)this skill · ages 7–8
Unlocks
Counting in 6sages 8–9Counting in 6s/7s/9s/25s/1000s extends counting in 4s/8s/50s/100s
Extending Table Patternsages 7–8Skip counting patterns exercise generalising from repetition
Times tables (age 7+)ages 7–8Counting in 4s and 8s supports learning those table facts

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M4N02low confidenceMathematics · Level 4 · 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.

Nearby on the map

Counting Within 1,000ages 7–8 Counting forwards and backwardsages 6–7 Counting forwards and backwards (age 6+)ages 6–7 Counting in 6sages 8–9

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