VU23804 - Work with numbers in familiar and some less familiar situations

Unit code: VU23804 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours
30
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to interpret, comprehend, use problem-solving strategies and convey mathematical information about numbers in a range of familiar and some less familiar situations. It requires the ability to make estimations, select and perform arithmetic calculations, and check and reflect on the outcomes and its appropriateness to the context and task.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and 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 independently and use own familiar support resources.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • real-world relevance of numbers in familiar and some less familiar situations
  • real-world relevance of multi-step arithmetic problem solving and converting equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages in familiar and some less familiar situations
  • arithmetic order of operations
  • methods of estimation relevant to working with numbers
  • common equivalent forms of fractions, decimals and percentages
  • mathematical symbols
  • informal and formal oral language related to numbers, problem solving and estimation.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by 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):

Certificate I in General Education for Adults
22690VIC | Certificate i | Duration:

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