1. NZ Maths
  2. Supporting professional practice
  3. Numeracy project PLD
  4. Representational Framework
  5. 3: Counting From One by Imaging - Proportions and Ratios

3: Counting From One by Imaging - Proportions and Ratios

The Ministry is migrating nzmaths content to Tāhurangi.           
Relevant and up-to-date teaching resources are being moved to Tāhūrangi (tahurangi.education.govt.nz). 
When all identified resources have been successfully moved, this website will close. We expect this to be in June 2024. 
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For more information visit https://tahurangi.education.govt.nz/updates-to-nzmaths

 

Carla has 8 biscuits and eats one half of these. How many does she eat?

Student: 1, 2; 3, 4; 5, 6; 7, 8.
Teacher: What were you doing when you were counting?
Student: I was making 2 groups in my head.

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The Counting from One by Imaging stage is characterised by students counting all of the objects. Students at this stage are able to image visual patterns of the objects in their mind and count them.