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VC2M4N06 Official strand: Number

Strategies for the four operations

Choose clear methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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22 + 13 = 35. What is 220 + 130?

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Answer: 350

  1. Both numbers have been multiplied by 10.
  2. The sum is also multiplied by 10: 35 × 10.
  3. The answer is 350.

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Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0

VC2M4N06

develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder

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  • These operation questions do not provide, require or record the learner's use of a digital calculation tool.
  1. VC2M4N06-C01Develop efficient mental strategies for addition problems.
  2. VC2M4N06-C02Develop efficient written strategies for addition problems.
  3. VC2M4N06-C03Develop efficient mental strategies for subtraction problems.
  4. VC2M4N06-C04Develop efficient written strategies for subtraction problems.
  5. VC2M4N06-C05Develop efficient mental strategies for multiplication problems.
  6. VC2M4N06-C06Develop efficient written strategies for multiplication problems.
  7. VC2M4N06-C07Develop efficient mental strategies for division problems where there is no remainder.
  8. VC2M4N06-C08Develop efficient written strategies for division problems where there is no remainder.
  9. VC2M4N06-C09Use appropriate digital tools when solving operation problems.

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  1. 01Addition patterns over increasing place values
  2. 02Add numbers up to five digits
  3. 03Add numbers up to five digits: word problems
  4. 04Add three or more numbers up to five digits each
  5. 05Find a missing addend
  6. 06Choose numbers with a particular sum
  7. 07Input/output tables with addition
  8. 08Subtraction patterns over increasing place values
  9. 09Subtract numbers up to five digits
  10. 10Subtract numbers up to five digits: word problems
  11. 11Find a missing number in subtraction
  12. 12Choose numbers with a particular difference
  13. 13Input/output tables with subtraction
  14. 14Multiply by a multiple of ten using place value
  15. 15Multiply one-digit numbers by teen numbers using grids
  16. 16Multiply one-digit numbers by two-digit numbers: choose the area model
  17. 17Multiply one-digit numbers by two-digit numbers using area models
  18. 18Multiply one-digit numbers by three-digit or four-digit numbers: choose the area model
  19. 19Multiply one-digit numbers by three-digit or four-digit numbers using area models
  20. 20Multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers: choose the area model
  21. 21Multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers using area models
  22. 22Multiply one-digit numbers by two-digit numbers
  23. 23Multiply one-digit numbers by two-digit numbers: word problems
  24. 24Multiply one-digit numbers by three-digit or four-digit numbers using expanded form
  25. 25Multiply one-digit numbers by multi-digit numbers using partial products
  26. 26Multiply one-digit numbers by three-digit or four-digit numbers
  27. 27Multiply one-digit numbers by three-digit or four-digit numbers: word problems
  28. 28Multiply one-digit numbers by larger numbers
  29. 29Input/output tables with multiplication
  30. 30Multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers using partial products
  31. 31Use one multiplication fact to complete another
  32. 32Divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers using arrays
  33. 33Divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers using area models
  34. 34Divide using repeated subtraction
  35. 35Divide three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers using area models
  36. 36Divide using partial quotients
  37. 37Divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers
  38. 38Divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers: complete the table
  39. 39Divide three-digit and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers
  40. 40Divide three-digit and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers: complete the table
  41. 41Input/output tables with division
  42. 42Divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers: word problems
  43. 43Divide three-digit and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers: word problems
  44. 44Mentally add and subtract numbers ending in zeros
  45. 45Multiply and divide
  46. 46Add, subtract, multiply and divide
  47. 47Choose numbers with a particular sum, difference, product or quotient
  48. 48Multiplication and division word problems
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