Numeracy
Level 1

Benchmark: Demonstrate basic numeracy skills.

Suggestions for Portfolio Development

• notes of personal definitions of common multiples and common factors
• copy of a drawing made to help remember symbols for greater or less than number values
• month and day of birth written in Roman numerals

Learning Outcome #1

Learners will demonstrate knowledge of numbers and number sense.

Knowledge and skills set:

• Identify that numbers represent quantities and values.
• Describe the difference between odd and even numbers.
• Determine greater or less than number values, and know their symbols
• (e.g., > is greater than, < is less than, so 15 > 10 means 15 is greater than 10).
• Predict which numbers go before and after a given sequence (e.g., __, 10, 15, 20.)
• Describe and apply place value (e.g., in the number 12, the 2 is in the one's place and the 1 is in the ten's place).
• "Count out" money, using different denominations of bills and coins.
• Read and write numbers in words and numerals (e.g., 1 is the numeral for the word "one").
• Read and write ordinal numbers (e.g., 1st, first; 2nd, second; 3rd, third).
• Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, etc.
• Identify when and where Roman numerals are commonly used.
• Read and write Roman numerals to 100 (e.g., XXIII is 23).
• Describe the concept of prime numbers. [See instruction tip #2.]
• Identify and use common multiples, least common multiples, common factors, and greatest common factors. [See instruction tip #3.]
• Identify when it is appropriate to round off a number and when accuracy is necessary.
• Identify and use the basic symbols and vocabulary of mathematics (e.g., + for "plus," = for "is equal to," product, quotient, sum). [See instruction tip #4.]
• Identify and practise using common numeracy tools (e.g., ruler, calculator, thermometer).