🎓 Year 2 (ACARA Code: AC9M2A03)
🎯Focus:
🔢 double small numbers using pictures and objects
✂️ halve even numbers into 2 equal parts
👀 spot that doubling means “twice as many”
🧠 use a doubles fact to help find a half fact
🎯 practise quick number facts with confidence
Video Lessons
🎬 Video Lesson Tips
- ⭐ Use fingers, counters or drawings to show each number clearly
- 🎲 Play a quick doubling game with dice
- 📝 Try 3 extra examples on paper
💡 Key Ideas
🌟 Double means 2 equal lots of the same number.
- Double 2 = 4
- Double 4 = 8
- Double 5 = 10
✨ Half means split into 2 equal parts.
- Half of 6 = 3
- Half of 10 = 5
- Half of 14 = 7
😊 Easy ways to remember
- Doubling is like making a matching twin
- Halving is like sharing fairly into 2 groups
- If you know a double, you can work out the half
🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check
Try these after watching the video:
❓Question 1: What is double 4?
✅ Answer: 8
❓Question 2: What is half of 12?
✅ Answer: 6
Question 3: What is double 7?
✅ Answer: 14
❓Question 4: What is half of 10?
✅ Answer: 5
❓Question 5: Which number is double 6?
✅ Answer: 12
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📚 Other Lessons in This Unit
🚀 Learning Path (Recommended Order)
| Step | Lesson | What You Learn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🔢 Doubling and Halving for Kids 🌟You are here🌟 | 🔢 double small numbers using pictures and objects ✂️ halve even numbers into 2 equal parts 👀 spot that doubling means “twice as many” |
| 2 | 🧮 2 Times Table and Division Facts for Kids | 🧠 recall the 2 times table facts. 🔢 count in 2s forwards and backwards. ✏️ match multiplication facts with division facts. |