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Model additive relations and compare quantities

• Identify situations in which addition and subtraction may be applied

• Combine two or more groups of objects to model addition, identifying the relationship between the parts and the whole

• Separate and take away part of a group of objects to model subtraction

• Use concrete materials or fingers to model and solve addition and subtraction questions, counting forwards or backwards by ones as necessary

• Compare two groups of objects to determine how many more

Identify part–whole relationships in numbers up to 10

• Use visual representations of numbers to assist with combining and separating quantities, identifying the relationship between the quantities

• Describe the action of combining, separating and comparing

• Use five as a reference in forming numbers from six to ten

• Create, model and recognise combinations for numbers up to ten

• Count by ones to find the total or difference

• Use drawings, words and numerals to record addition and subtraction, and explain their thinking