Mathematical terms
What is transitivity?
Transitivity is the ability to recognise local relationships among elements in a serial order.
At this stage children have trouble thinking in reverse.
Pre-operational stage
Name the first 3 mathematical symbols child learn
+, -, =
When are children expected to recognise and classify familiar 2D & 3D objects?
Level 1
Preps are expected to answer yes/no questions to collect information. True/False?
True
If X is taller than Y and Y is taller than Z, then X must be taller than Z is an example of which concept
Transivity
At this stage a child should be able to classify objects by 2 categories.
Concrete operational stage
What skill to solve? I own 5 cars and a very large garage.If I can see 2 cars parked outside the garage, how many are inside?How many different ways can I park my cars inside and outside the garage?
Problem Solving
To identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance as ‘likely’, ‘unlikely’, ‘certain’ or ‘impossible’ is a concept at what level?
Level 2 (Year 2)
Solving problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions is taught at what level?
Level 6
If 4+5=9 then 9-4= 5 is a concept known as what?
Reverse thinking
When do children acquire the concept of conservation of weight?
Formal Operational
Why teach cooking in Maths?
Applying maths to everyday life
When are students taught to round decimals to a specified number of decimal places?
Year 7
At what level are children expect to be able to represent fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5?
Level 3
Being able to place objects in the order of size is known as what skill?
Quantitative thinking
At this stage the still has difficulty with conservation of weight
Concrete operational stage
Geometry in primary school is...
A study of shapes
Concrete materials to support maths learning should be used at what stage?
2 years to 12 years
At what level is being able to use am and pm notation expected to developed?
Level 4
Name two things that have a face
Person & 3D shape
A student at which age/stage should be able to solve the equation X +2 X=9 without a word story?
Formal operational/12+
The use of calculators in school promotes which skill?
Technological literacy
At what age do children learn to think critically?
12 years +
When do we teach student to count change to the nearest five cents?
Level 3