VU23780 - Work with whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations
Nominal hours
Location
St Albans
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to identify, interpret, use familiar problem-solving strategies and convey mathematical information about whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations. It requires the ability to make estimations, perform a limited range of arithmetic calculations and check the reasonableness of processes and outcomes in relation to the context.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
- work with whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations involving:
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
- real-world relevance of whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations
- real-world relevance of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations
- basic order of operations with whole number calculations
- place value of numbers into the thousands:
- mathematical symbols:
- mainly informal and some formal oral language related to:
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):