Mathematical terms
Piaget's Stages
Numeracy Skills
Classroom A
Classroom B
100

What is transitivity?

Transitivity is the ability to recognise local relationships among elements in a serial order.

100

At this stage children have trouble thinking in reverse.

Pre-operational stage

100

Name the first 3 mathematical symbols child learn

 +, -, =

100

When are children expected to recognise and classify familiar 2D & 3D objects?

Level 1

100

Preps are expected to answer yes/no questions to collect information. True/False? 

True

200

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

200

At this stage a child should be able to classify objects by 2 categories.

Concrete operational stage

200

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

200

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)

200

Solving problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions is taught at what level?

Level 6

300

If 4+5=9 then 9-4= 5 is a concept known as what?

Reverse thinking

300

When do children acquire the concept of conservation of weight?

Formal Operational

300

Why teach cooking in Maths?

Applying maths to everyday life

300

When are students taught to round decimals to a specified number of decimal places?

Year 7

300

At what level are children expect to be able to represent fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5?

Level 3

400

Being able to place objects in the order of size is known as what skill?

Quantitative thinking

400

At this stage the still has difficulty with conservation of weight 

Concrete operational stage

400

Geometry in primary school is...

A study of shapes

400

Concrete materials to support maths learning should be used at what stage?

2 years to 12 years 

400

At what level is being able to use am and pm notation expected to developed?

Level 4

500

Name two things that have a face

Person & 3D shape


500

A student at which age/stage should be able to solve the equation X +2 X=9 without a word story?

Formal operational/12+

500

The use of calculators in school promotes which skill?

Technological literacy

500

At what age do children learn to think critically?

12 years +

500

When do we teach student to count change to the nearest five cents?

Level 3