NUMERACY LEVEL 4

4.09

Extracts and evaluates the mathematical information embedded in a range of tasks and texts

SUPPORT

CONTEXT

TEXT COMPLEXITY

TASK COMPLEXITY

Works independently and initiates and uses support from a range of established resources

Range of contexts, including some that are unfamiliar and/ or unpredictable

Some specialisation in less familiar/known contexts

Complex texts
Embedded information Includes specialised vocabulary

Includes abstraction and symbolism

Complex task organisation and analysis involving application of a number of steps

Processes include extracting, extrapolating, inferencing, reflecting, abstracting

FOCUS AREA:

PERFORMANCE FEATURES INCLUDE:

Explicitness of mathematical information

– Extracts, interprets and comprehends a range of mathematical information that is embedded in relevant but possibly unfamiliar or non-routine texts

Complexity of mathematical information

– Extracts, interprets and comprehends:

• fractions, decimals and percentages, including their equivalent values
• ratio, rates and proportions
• positive and negative numbers
• numbers expressed as powers, e.g. 23 or 3.6 x 103
• routine formulae and algebraic representations and conventions 
• 2D and 3D shapes, including compound shapes
• detailed maps and plans
• statistical data in complex tables and spreadsheets, graphs, measures of central tendency, simple measures of spread and common chance events