As learners progress through Curriculum for Excellence levels, they should demonstrate increasing sophistication and independence in their ability to demonstrate, link, transfer and apply the following skills in a range of increasingly more challenging contexts:

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• interpret questions;                                                          

• select and communicate processes and solutions;

• justify choice of strategy used;

• link mathematical concepts;

• use mathematical vocabulary and notation;

• use mental agility;

• reason algebraically; and

• determine the reasonableness of a solution. 

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