Key learning points

1. Use a variety of contexts to show the whole group partitioned into 2 clearly identifiable parts.
2. Describe the parts and wholes in full sentences .
3. A whole group of objects can be composed of 2 or more parts.
4. Use a part-part-whole diagram to represent the two parts and the whole.
5. Recognise the whole and the two parts are the same quantity.

Common misconception

Keywords

• Whole - All of something. Complete.

• Part - A piece of section of a whole.

• Split - To break up a whole into parts.

• Partition - To break up a whole into parts.

• Part-part-whole - A pictorial representation that shows the whole and its parts.