🔢 Mathematics · Mathematical Thinking
Connecting Representations
Move between real-world situations, drawings, and number sentences, explaining how each representation connects to the others (quantitative reasoning)
Typical age: 6–7 years
“When your child solves a word problem, can they draw a diagram or write a number sentence to show their thinking — and then explain how the picture and the numbers match the real situation?”
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Needs first
- Reading +, −, and = symbols
Connecting representations to number sentences requires fluency with +, -, = symbols
- Inverse: addition undoes subtraction
Inverse relationship understanding requires moving between addition and subtraction representations
- Real-World to Maths ConnectionsREQUIRED
Age 6-7 quantitative reasoning builds on age 5-6 concrete-to-representation skills