Upper Key Stage 2
Outcomes
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Year 5
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Number
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Number & Place Value
Pupils identify the place value in large whole numbers. They continue to use number in context, including measurement. Pupils extend and apply their understanding of the number system to the decimal numbers and fractions that they have met so far. They should recognise and describe linear number sequences, including those involving fractions and decimals, and find the term-to-term rule. They should recognise and describe linear number sequences (for example, 3, 3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2...), including those involving fractions and decimals, and find the term-to-term rule in words (for example, add 1/2).
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Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
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Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero
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Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000
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Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
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Addition & Subtraction
Pupils practise using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction with increasingly large numbers to aid fluency (see Mathematics Appendix 1). They practise mental calculations with increasingly large numbers to aid fluency (for example, 12 462 - 2300 = 10 162)
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Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)
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Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
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Use rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy
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Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)
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Multiplication & Division
Pupils practise and extend their use of the formal written methods of short multiplication and short division (see Mathematics Appendix 1). They apply all the multiplication tables and related division facts frequently, commit them to memory and use them confidently to make larger calculations. They use and understand the terms factor, multiple and prime, square and cube numbers. Pupils interpret non-integer answers to division by expressing results in different ways according to the context, including with remainders, as fractions, as decimals or by rounding (for example, 98 ÷ 4 = 98/4= 24 r 2 = 24 = 24.5 ? 25). Pupils use multiplication and division as inverses to support the introduction of ratio in year 6, for example, by multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 in scale drawings or by multiplying and dividing by powers of a 1000 in converting between units such as kilometres and metres. Distributivity can be expressed as a(b + c) = ab + ac. They understand the terms factor, multiple and prime, square and cube numbers and use them to construct equivalence statements (for example, 4 x 35 = 2 x 2 x 35; 3 x 270 = 3 x 3 x 9 x 10 = 92 x 10). Pupils use and explain the equals sign to indicate equivalence, including in missing number problems (for example, 13 + 24 = 12 + 25; 33 = 5 x )
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Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers
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Solve problems involving multiplication and division where larger numbers are used by decomposing them into their factors
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Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers
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Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
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Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers
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Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
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Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context
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Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
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Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)
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Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes
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Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign
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Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates
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Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers
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Fractions (Including Decimals & Percentages)
Pupils should be taught throughout that percentages, decimals and fractions are different ways of expressing proportions. They extend their knowledge of fractions to thousandths and connect to decimals and measures. Pupils connect equivalent fractions > 1 that simplify to integers with division and other fractions > 1 to division with remainders, using the number line and other models, and hence move from these to improper and mixed fractions. Pupils connect multiplication by a fraction to using fractions as operators (fractions of), and to division, building on work from previous years. This relates to scaling by simple fractions, including fractions > 1. Pupils practise adding and subtracting fractions to become fluent through a variety of increasingly complex problems. They extend their understanding of adding and subtracting fractions to calculations that exceed 1 as a mixed number. Pupils continue to practise counting forwards and backwards in simple fractions. Pupils continue to develop their understanding of fractions as numbers, measures and operators by finding fractions of numbers and quantities. Pupils extend counting from year 4, using decimals and fractions including bridging zero, for example on a number line. Pupils say, read and write decimal fractions and related tenths, hundredths and thousandths accurately and are confident in checking the reasonableness of their answers to problems. They mentally add and subtract tenths, and one-digit whole numbers and tenths. They practise adding and subtracting decimals, including a mix of whole numbers and decimals, decimals with different numbers of decimal places, and complements of 1 (for example, 0.83 + 0.17 = 1). Pupils should go beyond the measurement and money models of decimals, for example, by solving puzzles involving decimals. Pupils should make connections between percentages, fractions and decimals (for example, 100% represents a whole quantity and 1% is 1/100, 50% is 50/100, 25% is 25/100) and relate this to finding 'fractions of'.
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Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number
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Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths
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Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number [for example, 2/5 + 4/5 = 6/5 = 1 1/5]
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Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number
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Read and write decimal numbers as fractions [for example, 0.71 = 71/100]
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Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
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Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places
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Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places
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Recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to 'number of parts per hundred', and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal
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Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5, 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25
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Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number
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Number & Place Value
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Measurement
Pupils use their knowledge of place value and multiplication and division to convert between standard units. Pupils calculate the perimeter of rectangles and related composite shapes, including using the relations of perimeter or area to find unknown lengths. Missing measures questions such as these can be expressed algebraically, for example 4 + 2b = 20 for a rectangle of sides 2 cm and b cm and perimeter of 20cm. Pupils calculate the area from scale drawings using given measurements. Pupils use all four operations in problems involving time and money, including conversions (for example, days to weeks, expressing the answer as weeks and days).
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Convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)
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Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres
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Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes
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Estimate volume [for example, using 1 cm3 blocks to build cuboids (including cubes)] and capacity [for example, using water]
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Solve problems involving converting between units of time
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Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [for example, length, mass, volume, money] using decimal notation, including scaling
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Convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)
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Geometry
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Properties of Shapes
Pupils become accurate in drawing lines with a ruler to the nearest millimetre, and measuring with a protractor. They use conventional markings for parallel lines and right angles. Pupils use the term diagonal and make conjectures about the angles formed between sides, and between diagonals and parallel sides, and other properties of quadrilaterals, for example using dynamic geometry ICT tools. Pupils use angle sum facts and other properties to make deductions about missing angles and relate these to missing number problems
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Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations
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Know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles
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Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles
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Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations
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Position & Direction
Pupils recognise and use reflection and translation in a variety of diagrams, including continuing to use a 2-D grid and coordinates in the first quadrant. Reflection should be in lines that are parallel to the axes
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Properties of Shapes
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Statistics
Pupils connect their work on coordinates and scales to their interpretation of time graphs. They begin to decide which representations of data are most appropriate and why
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Number
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Year 6
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Number
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Number & Place Value
Pupils use the whole number system, including saying, reading and writing numbers accurately
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Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division
Pupils practise addition, subtraction, multiplication and division for larger numbers, using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction, short and long multiplication, and short and long division (see Mathematics Appendix 1). They undertake mental calculations with increasingly large numbers and more complex calculations. Pupils continue to use all the multiplication tables to calculate mathematical statements in order to maintain their fluency. Pupils round answers to a specified degree of accuracy, for example, to the nearest 10, 20, 50 etc., but not to a specified number of significant figures. Pupils explore the order of operations using brackets; for example, 2 + 1 x 3 = 5 and (2 + 1) x 3 = 9. Common factors can be related to finding equivalent fractions
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Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication
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Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context
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Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers
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Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers
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Use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations
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Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
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Use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy
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Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication
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Fractions (Including Decimals & Percentages)
Pupils should practise, use and understand the addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators by identifying equivalent fractions with the same denominator. They should start with fractions where the denominator of one fraction is a multiple of the other (for example, 1/2 + 1/8 = 5/8) and progress to varied and increasingly complex problems. Pupils should use a variety of images to support their understanding of multiplication with fractions. This follows earlier work about fractions as operators (fractions of), as numbers, and as equal parts of objects, for example as parts of a rectangle. Pupils use their understanding of the relationship between unit fractions and division to work backwards by multiplying a quantity that represents a unit fraction to find the whole quantity (for example, if 1/4 of a length is 36cm, then the whole length is 36 x 4 = 144cm). They practise calculations with simple fractions and decimal fraction equivalents to aid fluency, including listing equivalent fractions to identify fractions with common denominators. Pupils can explore and make conjectures about converting a simple fraction to a decimal fraction (for example, 3 ÷ 8 = 0.375). For simple fractions with recurring decimal equivalents, pupils learn about rounding the decimal to three decimal places, or other appropriate approximations depending on the context. Pupils multiply and divide numbers with up to two decimal places by one-digit and two-digit whole numbers. Pupils multiply decimals by whole numbers, starting with the simplest cases, such as 0.4 x 2 = 0.8, and in practical contexts, such as measures and money. Pupils are introduced to the division of decimal numbers by one-digit whole number, initially, in practical contexts involving measures and money. They recognise division calculations as the inverse of multiplication. Pupils also develop their skills of rounding and estimating as a means of predicting and checking the order of magnitude of their answers to decimal calculations. This includes rounding answers to a specified degree of accuracy and checking the reasonableness of their answers.
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Compare and order fractions, including fractions >> 1
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Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions
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Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form [for example, 1/4 x 1/2 = 1/8]
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Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents [for example, 0.375] for a simple fraction [for example, 3/8]
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Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 giving answers up to three decimal places
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Multiply one-digit numbers with up to two decimal places by whole numbers
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Solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy
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Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts
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Compare and order fractions, including fractions >> 1
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Number & Place Value
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Ratio & Proportion
Pupils recognise proportionality in contexts when the relations between quantities are in the same ratio (for example, similar shapes and recipes). Pupils link percentages or 360degrees to calculating angles of pie charts. Pupils should consolidate their understanding of ratio when comparing quantities, sizes and scale drawings by solving a variety of problems. They might use the notation a:b to record their work. Pupils solve problems involving unequal quantities, for example, 'for every egg you need three spoonfuls of flour', '3/5 of the class are boys'. These problems are the foundation for later formal approaches to ratio and proportion
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Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts
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Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison
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Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples
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Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts
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Algebra
Pupils should be introduced to the use of symbols and letters to represent variables and unknowns in mathematical situations that they already understand, such as: missing numbers, lengths, coordinates and angles, formulae in mathematics and science, equivalent expressions (for example, a + b = b + a), generalisations of number patterns, number puzzles (for example, what two numbers can add up to)
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Use simple formulae
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Generate and describe linear number sequences
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Express missing number problems algebraically
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Use simple formulae
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Measurement
Pupils connect conversion (for example, from kilometres to miles) to a graphical representation as preparation for understanding linear/proportional graphs. They know approximate conversions and are able to tell if an answer is sensible. Using the number line, pupils use, add and subtract positive and negative integers for measures such as temperature. They relate the area of rectangles to parallelograms and triangles, for example, by dissection, and calculate their areas, understanding and using the formulae (in words or symbols) to do this. Pupils could be introduced to compound units for speed, such as miles per hour, and apply their knowledge in science or other subjects as appropriate.
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Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places where appropriate
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Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to three decimal places
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Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa
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Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes
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Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles
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Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm3) and cubic metres (m3), and extending to other units [for example, mm3 and km3]
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Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places where appropriate
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Geometry
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Properties of Shapes
Pupils draw shapes and nets accurately, using measuring tools and conventional markings and labels for lines and angles. Pupils describe the properties of shapes and explain how unknown angles and lengths can be derived from known measurements. These relationships might be expressed algebraically for example, d = 2 x r; a = 180 - (b + c)
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Recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets
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Compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons
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Recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles
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Recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets
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Position & Direction
Pupils draw and label a pair of axes in all four quadrants with equal scaling. This extends their knowledge of one quadrant to all four quadrants, including the use of negative numbers. Pupils draw and label rectangles (including squares), parallelograms and rhombuses, specified by coordinates in the four quadrants, predicting missing coordinates using the properties of shapes. These might be expressed algebraically for example, translating vertex (a, b) to (a - 2, b + 3); (a, b) and (a + d, b + d) being opposite vertices of a square of side d.
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Statistics
Pupils connect their work on angles, fractions and percentages to the interpretation of pie charts. Pupils both encounter and draw graphs relating two variables, arising from their own enquiry and in other subjects. They should connect conversion from kilometres to miles in measurement to its graphical representation. Pupils know when it is appropriate to find the mean of a data set
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