Number

In contexts that require them to solve problems or model situations, students will be able to: 

By the end of year 7:

• apply additive and multiplicative strategies flexibly to whole numbers, ratios, and equivalent fractions (including percentages);

• apply additive strategies to decimals;

• balance positive and negative amounts.

By the end of year 8:

• apply multiplicative strategies flexibly to whole numbers, ratios, and equivalent fractions (including decimals and percentages);

• use multiplication and division as inverse operations on whole numbers;

• apply additive strategies flexibly to decimals and integers.