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Using and applying mathematics

Background and context

The renewal of the Primary Framework for mathematics has provided an opportunity to take a fresh look at the overall structure of the primary curriculum for mathematics. This has resulted in a reorganisation of the objectives, now structured into seven core areas of learning in mathematics or broad strands. These strands help to identify key aspects of mathematics that inform teaching and learning. They relate directly to the 1999 Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6 and the 2000 National Curriculum programmes of study.

The seven strands are:

  • Using and applying mathematics
  • Counting and understanding number
  • Knowing and using number facts
  • Calculating
  • Understanding shape
  • Measuring
  • Handling data

This paper offers additional detail and guidance on how the Using and applying mathematics strand of the electronic Framework is structured and how it might be embedded in the whole of the primary mathematics curriculum.

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Guidance paper - Using and applying mathematics

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