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Representing numbers with objects

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Mathematics›Counting & Cardinality|Ages 4—6|ID: mt_pAcaehday5

Represent numbers using objects, pictorial representations, and the number line

Mastery Evidence

  • Show a given number using counters, cubes, or fingers
  • Draw a pictorial representation of a quantity (e.g. tally marks, dots)
  • Locate a number on a number line

Assessment Prompt

“If you ask [child] to show you what the number 5 looks like, can they do it in more than one way — such as drawing five dots, holding up five fingers, or pointing to 5 on a number line?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

Maths/Y1/NPV/4The national curriculum in England
Identify and represent numbers

Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least.

Mathematics · Key Stage 1

Prerequisites1

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  • How Many in Total? hard

    Representing numbers with objects/pictures/number line requires understanding that numbers represent quantities

    • One-to-one counting hard

      Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'

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