Computational Arithmetic

Topic/AOS Overview

• This topic includes:
• review of computation: order of operations, directed numbers, scientific notation, estimation, exact and approximate answers, rounding correct to a given number of decimal places or significant figures
• efficient mental and by-hand estimation and computation in relevant contexts
• effective use of technology for computation
• orders of magnitude, units of measure that range over multiple orders of magnitude and their use and interpretation, and the use and interpretation of log to base 10 scales, such as the Richter scale
• use of ratios and proportions, and percentages and percentage change to solve practical problems
• the unitary method and its use to make comparisons and solve practical problems involving ratio and proportion.

Assessment Tasks Overview

• Computational Maths SAC

Learning Goals/Success Criteria

• Chapter 1 Computational Maths

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