Australian Signpost Mathematics New South Wales 7 – Teaching Program – Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Beginnings in number [3 weeks]

Class: ________________________ Dates: ________ to ________

Rationale Students discover that Mathematics is a language that has developed through history as people have discovered numerical and spatial
relationships in their environments. Students should develop an appreciation of our number system and the importance of place
value. This unit serves to develop the mastery of certain basic skills necessary in everyday living. Satisfaction and confidence come
with the mastery of basic skills. Each of the skills in operations, fractions, decimals and percentages will be met again or extended in
later units.

Teacher reflection
Strengths Weaknesses Other

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NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum – Mathematics (Stage 4):
Strands Number and Algebra
Substrands Computation with Integers
Outcomes A student:
 compares, orders and calculates with integers, applying a range of strategies to aid computation (MA4-4NA)

Content Students:
 Apply the associative, commutative and distributive laws to aid mental and written computation (ACMNA151)

This is an extract from the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum – Mathematics Stage 4
© NSW Education Standards Authority for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2012

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Maths terms and literacy word list
accuracy digit Hindu–Arabic notation powers
addition division hundreds number remainder
approximate dollars improper numeral Roman
basic Egyptian leading numerator round off
cents equivalent millions operations subtraction
column estimate mixed opposite tens
decimal expanded money percentage thousands
denominator fraction multiplication place value units

Resources available online

See the Resources menus on the eBook, or go to the ProductLink page via www.pearsonplaces.com.au. See the Teaching Program Overview
document for more details about these different resources. Resources for this chapter include:
 Foundation worksheets  Drag-and-drop activities  Interactive lessons (interactive multimedia content)
 Challenge worksheets  GeoGebra activities  Exploration Task (activity with documentation)
 Chapter tests  Interactive tools (web-based mini-apps)  Exploration STEM (activity with documentation)
 Practice tests  Tutorials (explanatory animations)  Exploration Coding (web-based activity with documentation)
 Appendices  Videos (other informative videos)  Spreadsheet activities (Excel files)

Other resources
Homework Program is a printed and bound collection of tear-out worksheets that mirror and supplement the content of the Student Book, providing
opportunity for further practice and application of key skills.
Worksheets are mapped to the Student Book chapter sections, and include exercise questions as well as worked examples, Fun Spot activities and
Investigations.
Teacher Companion is an invaluable resource that provides guidance and support to teachers using the Australian Signpost Mathematics New South
Wales series. It is a practical resource featuring teaching strategies, activities, reference to syllabus outcomes and content statements, and links to
digital learning materials.

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The √ column may be marked with an initial, tick, date or other comment as a registration of completed work.
Student Book / eBook NSW Syllabus content elaborations √ Resources and suggestions Digital resources
1:01 The history of  [review of content from Stage 3 Explore other counting systems, past and Drag-and-drop
number and earlier] present, e.g. Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman, Egyptian numerals
 use an appropriate non-calculator method Mayan, Indigenous Australian and Papua Roman numerals
to divide two- and three-digit numbers by New Guinean. Compare the symbols used
a two-digit number Video
 compare initial estimates with answers
for numbers and operations, the use of zero,
Numbers 101
obtained by written methods and check by the base system, place value and notation
using a calculator for fractions. (The internet and the various
 show the connection between division and backgrounds of students in your class are a
multiplication, including where there is a good source of this information.)
remainder
1:02 Place value  apply a practical understanding of the Continual review is the secret to removing
distributive law to aid mental computation Video
 use factors of a number to aid mental error and increasing speed. What is place value for
computation involving multiplication and Investigation 1:02 – Estimation (p. 8) whole numbers?
division Fun spot 1:02 – A nest of squares (p. 9) What is place value?

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Student Book / eBook NSW Syllabus content elaborations √ Resources and suggestions Digital resources
1:03 The four  [review of content from Stage 3 Foundation worksheet 1:03 – Know your Interactive lesson
operations and earlier] tables Doing arithmetic using
 use an appropriate non-calculator method Challenge worksheet 1:03 – The four written skills
to divide two- and three-digit numbers by operations
a two-digit number Video
 compare initial estimates with answers
Challenge 1:03 – Long division (p. 12)
How do you multiply a 3-digit
obtained by written methods and check by Appendix A A:01 The four operations number by a 1-digit number?
using a calculator How do you divide whole
 show the connection between division and numbers?
multiplication, including where there is a How do you do long division?
remainder How do you divide a 2-digit
 apply a practical understanding of the number by a 1-digit number
distributive law to aid mental computation with no remainder?
 use factors of a number to aid mental How do you solve a word problem
computation involving multiplication and by dividing whole numbers?
division How do you divide a 2-digit
number by a 1-digit number
with a remainder?
How do you divide a 3-digit
number by a 1-digit number?
How do you multiply a 2-digit
number by a 2-digit number?
How do you do long
multiplication?

1:04 Speed and Completing Exercise 1:04 (p. 13) under

accuracy timed conditions motivates many students.
Encourage accuracy at the same time by
adding 10 seconds for each error made.

1:05 Using a Project a calculator emulator or app to

calculator teach students how to use their scientific
calculator.

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Student Book / eBook NSW Syllabus content elaborations √ Resources and suggestions Digital resources
1:06 Order of  [review of content from Stage 3 Foundation worksheet 1:06A – Grouping Drag-and-drop
operations and earlier] symbols Order of operations
 apply a practical understanding of Remind students of the order of operations
commutativity to aid mental computation Spreadsheets
by reading the box on p. 17.
 apply a practical understanding of Order of operations
associativity to aid mental computation Challenge worksheet 1:06B – The four fours
problem
Ensure students understand how to use the
brackets keys on their calculator to solve
problems.
Fun spot 1:06 – What’s the difference
between a boxer and a telephone? (p. 19)
1:07 Using number Read through the table on p. 20 and discuss Drag-and-drop
properties the properties that involve addition or Number properties
subtraction.
Video
Challenge worksheet 1:07A – Using the What is the distributive property?
number properties How can you distribute numbers
when you're adding and
multiplying?
How do you use the distributive
property to rewrite and solve an
addition problem?
What is the commutative
property of addition?
What is the commutative
property of multiplication?
What is the associative property
of addition?
What is the associative property
of multiplication?

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Student Book / eBook NSW Syllabus content elaborations √ Resources and suggestions Digital resources
1:08 Language and  [review of content from Stage 3 Students can use operation symbols to Drag-and-drop
symbols used in and earlier] rewrite ID Card 3 (p. xvi). Language and symbols
mathematics  apply a practical understanding of
Foundation worksheet 1:08 – Language and
commutativity to aid mental computation
 apply a practical understanding of symbols
associativity to aid mental computation Investigation 1:08 – Odds and evens (p. 27)
1:09 Special sets of Read through the table on p. 28. Ask Drag-and-drop
whole numbers students to work out reasons for the name Special sets of whole
of each set of numbers. numbers
Challenge worksheet 1:09 – Special sets of Video
whole numbers What are natural and whole
Fun spot 1:09 – Fibonacci numbers (p. 32) numbers?
1.10 Estimating Encourage students to estimate their hand Video
answers width and length, then measure it with their How do you estimate a
ruler. multiplication problem by
rounding?
1.11 Diagnostic check- These Diagnostic check-ups are a great Drag-and-drop
ups resource to identify weakness areas in Fractions
students. They can be used throughout the Number puzzles
year.
Interactive lesson
Fun spot 1:11 – Magic squares (p. 39) Solving arithmetic problems
Challenge worksheet 1:11 – Solving puzzles with writing
Appendix B B:01–B:23
Spreadsheets
Magic squares

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Student Book / eBook NSW Syllabus content elaborations √ Resources and suggestions Digital resources
Review: [review of content covered in chapter] Maths terms 1 (p. 40) Drag-and-drop
Reflection / Summative Diagnostic test 1 – Use the right-hand Maths terms 1
column to assist in remediation when
errors occur. (p. 41)
Assignment 1A – Exam-style questions for
chapter revision (p. 42)
Assignment 1B – Working mathematically
problems (p. 43)

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