Mathematical competencies are general skills and competencies such as problem solving, the use of mathematical language and mathematical modelling. Mathematical big ideas represent clusters of relevant, connected mathematical concepts that appear in real situations and contexts. Some of these big ideas are well established, such as chance, change and growth, dependency and relationships and shape. The aspect mathematical curricular strands represents the content of school mathematics as implemented in many school curricula. The second minor aspect refers to situations , i.e. the settings in which the mathematical problems are presented.
Examples are educational, occupational, public and personal settings.