Welcome to the Primary Mathematics website.

Online resources

This companion website houses links to a range of useful online resources. These links correspond to the numbered margin icons appearing throughout the third edition of Primary Mathematics.

Chapter 2 Exploring early mathematical development

Weblink 2.1: AAMT and ECA – Position Paper on Early Childhood Mathematics
Weblink 2.2: ‘Every Child Counts’ video
Weblink 2.3: Nursery Rhymes 4U – Numbers Rhymes
Weblink 2.4: eFlash Apps
Weblink 2.5: NZmaths – Number Line
Weblink 2.6: Topmarks – Placing Numbers on a Number Line
Weblink 2.7: Illuminations – Concentration
Weblink 2.8: Apples 4 the Teacher – Interactive 100 Chart
Weblink 2.9: Crickweb
Weblink 2.10: ABCya.com – Number Chart
Weblink 2.11: Scootle – Number Trains
Weblink 2.12: Scootle – The Array
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 3 Exploring measurement

Weblink 3.1: Length Strength: Centimeters
Weblink 3.2: ICT Games – Scales Reader
Weblink 3.3: Khan Academy – ‘Radius, Diameter, Circumference and π’
Weblink 3.4: NZmaths – Outlining Area
Weblink 3.5: NZmaths – The Gingerbread Man
Weblink 3.6: Math Playground – Tangrams
Weblink 3.7: National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Weblink 3.8: Teacher Led – Interactive protractor
Weblink 3.9: Krieger Science – How to make a Spring Scale
Weblink 3.10: ‘How Big is a Foot?’ video
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 4 Exploring geometry

Weblink 4.1: Maths300 – Four Cube Houses
Weblink 4.2: NZmaths – Foil Fun
Weblink 4.3: Maths Doodles – Symmetry Shuffle
Weblink 4.4: Education Services Australia – Tesselate Decorate
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 5 Exploring whole number computation

Weblink 5.1: NRICH – Eightness of Eight
Weblink 5.2: Scootle – Pobble Arrays
Weblink 5.3: Illuminations – Factorize
Weblink 5.4: NRICH – ‘Difficulties with Division’ by Jenni Back
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 6 Part-whole numbers and proportional reasoning

Weblink 6.1: Top Drawer – Fractions
Weblink 6.2: Top Drawer – Fraction Wall Game
Weblink 6.3: NRICH – Fraction Wall
Weblink 6.4: Khan Academy website – ‘Decimal Place Value’
Weblink 6.5: Teaching and Learning About Decimals
Weblink 6.6: Illuminations – Fractions Models
Weblink 6.7: NRICH – Function Machines
Websites for exploration
- Kahoot!
- NRICH

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Chapter 7 Exploring patterns and algebra

Weblink 7.1: Scootle – Musical Number Patterns: Music Maker
Weblink 7.2: Scootle – Monster Choir: Missing Monsters
Weblink 7.3: NRICH – Coded Hundred Square
Weblink 7.4: Sesame Street’s ‘Eight Little Spiders’ video
Weblink 7.5: Math Playground – Function Machine
Weblink 7.6: Illuminations – Patch Tool
Weblink 7.7: ‘The Handshake Problem’ video
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 8 Exploring data and statistics

Weblink 8.1: NZmaths – Which Graph?
Weblink 8.2: NCES Kids’ Zone – Create a Graph tool
Weblink 8.3: Illuminations – Mean and Median
Weblink 8.4: NRICH – You Tell the Story
Weblink 8.5: NRICH – Take Your Dog for a Walk
Weblink 8.6: NZMaths – Statistical Investigations Units of Work
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 9 Exploring chance and probability

Weblink 9.1: Understanding Uncertainty
Weblink 9.2: Understanding Risk
Weblink 9.3: Know Your Odds
Weblink 9.4: ABC Education’s ‘Will it Rain Today?’ video
Weblink 9.5: Illuminations – Bobbie Bear
Weblink 9.6: NZMaths – What’s in the Bag?
Weblink 9.7: NRICH – In the Bag
Weblink 9.8: Numeracy in the News
Weblink 9.9: Illuminations – Fire
Websites for exploration
- Illuminations
- Interactive Maths: resources of different types are available by searching the probability topic link
- Learn Alberta: Interactive games and real-world applications of probability (such as predicting avalanches) are available on a Canadian government education website
- Maths300
- NRICH: A wide variety of different resources, including interactive games, lessons and discussion-starters for class lessons
- NZmaths
- Scratch

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Chapter 10 Capitalising on assessment for, of and as learning

Weblink 10.1: Australian Curriculum: Mathematics
Weblink 10.2: Friends of Ten app
Weblink 10.3: NZCER – Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT)
Weblink 10.4: NSW Education Standards Authority – Spotty Octopus
Weblink 10.5: NSW Education Standards Authority – Halves
Weblink 10.6: NSW Education Standards Authority – Making Number Patterns
Weblink 10.7: NSW Education Standards Authority – What could the Question be?
Weblink 10.8: Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority – Year 5 Mathematics
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 11 Planning for mathematics teaching in the 21st century classroom

Weblink 11.1: NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Weblink 11.2: Math Wire – Place Value Activities
Websites for exploration

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Chapter 12 Diversity in the primary mathematics classroom

Weblink 12.1: Top Marks – Caterpillar Ordering
Weblink 12.2: Crickweb – Virtual Pinboard
Weblink 12.3: NRICH – Arranging Cubes
Weblink 12.4: NRICH – What Shape?
Weblink 12.5: Teaching Ideas – What’s My Number?
Websites for exploration
- ABC: Education: An Australian Broadcasting Corporation education site containing a wide variety of resources
- Aspect: Information about ASD and advice for working with children with ASD
- Gapminder
- Illuminations
- Make It Count
- Marijn.org
- Maths Dictionary for Kids
- NRICH
- NZmaths
- Pinterest: Educational – Math: An online pinboard with a variety of early mathematics ideas
- Pinterest: Tactile for the Visually Impaired: An online pinboard with a variety of ideas for tactile materials to use with children who are visually impaired
- reSolve: Maths by Inquiry: An Australian resource for teaching mathematics using an inquiry basis with lesson plans available across a wide range of topics and year level.