These posters model how number patterns can increase and decrease with whole numbers, fractions and decimals. They are a useful anchor chart to display in your classroom when teaching and learning about number patterns in upper primary.
Follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions that use addition or multiplication to generate sets of numbers; identify and describe any emerging patterns
Create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions that use rules to generate sets of numbers; identify, interpret and explain emerging patterns
Recognise and use rules that generate visually growing patterns and number patterns involving rational numbers
Create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions and digital tools to experiment with factors, multiples and divisibility; identify, interpret and describe emerging patterns
Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, Fractions & Decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence
Explore and describe number patterns resulting from performing multiplication
Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction
Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence
Design algorithms involving branching and iteration to solve specific classes of mathematical problems
Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems
Follow a mathematical algorithm involving branching and repetition (iteration)
Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction
Explore and describe number patterns resulting from performing multiplication
Investigate number sequences involving multiples of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
Generalises properties of odd and even numbers, generates number patterns, and completes simple number sentences by calculating missing values
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
Orders, reads and represents integers of any size and describes properties of whole numbers
Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another
Analyses and creates geometric and number patterns, constructs and completes number sentences, and locates points on the Cartesian plane
Investigates and classifies two-dimensional shapes, including triangles and quadrilaterals based on their properties
Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations
Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems
Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values
Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers