🎓 Year 3 (ACARA Code : AC9M3N04)
🎯Focus:
– Use multiplication and division to represent situations from First Nations Australians’ cultural stories and practices.
– Connect maths learning to Country / Place, sharing, grouping, and caring for resources.
– Align fully with Year 3 Australian Curriculum – AC9M3N04.
– Develop respect, understanding, and real-world meaning through story-based maths problems.
Video Lessons
📹 Video Lesson Tips
👉 Watch the short video to see how stories can be represented using number sentences.
👉 Pause and discuss the context first, then decide the maths strategy.
👉 Draw arrays, diagrams, or Think Boards to show understanding.
👉 Emphasise respectful storytelling and learning from Country / Place.
👉 Encourage students to explain their thinking, not just give answers.
💡 Key Ideas (Quick Guide)
✏️ Maths can be learned through stories, traditions, and real-life practices.
✏️Multiplication shows equal groups collected or shared.
✏️ Division shows sharing fairly or grouping items equally.
✏️ Visual strategies (arrays, diagrams, Think Boards) help explain thinking clearly.
✏️ Cultural contexts help students understand why maths matters in everyday life.
- ✏️ Example Context :
- “Turtle eggs are collected carefully.
- If 6 nests each have 4 eggs, how many eggs are there in total?”
- Array: 6 rows of 4
- Number sentence: 6 × 4 = 24
🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check
Try these after watching the video:
❓Question 1: Write a multiplication number sentence for: “5 groups with 8 items in each group.”
✅ Answer: 5 × 8 = 40
❓Question 2: Draw an array to show 7 × 3.
✅ Answer: ●●●●●●● / ●●●●●●● / ●●●●●●●
❓Question 3: A group shares 24 items equally among 6 people. What is the division sentence?
✅ Answer: 24 ÷ 6 = 4
❓Question 4: Represent 18 ÷ 3 using a diagram.
✅ Answer: ●●● ●●● ●●● ●●● ●●● ●●● (3 groups of 6 or 6 groups of 3)
❓Question 5: Create a story that matches 4 × 6 = 24. answer on the same line
✅ Answer: 4 rows of 6 students sharing 24 library books equally
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📚 Other Lessons in This Unit
-🧠 Learn Arrays, Diagrams & Think Boards for Multiplication & Division
-📝Mastering Multiplication and Division with Number Sentences
– ✏️Solve Multiplication & Division Word Problems Easily