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Maths Curriculum Overview

Maths Curriculum Overview  

Term 

Year 5 

Year 6 

Year 7 

Year 8 

Place Value 

Roman numerals to 1,000 

Numbers up to 1,000,000      

Read and write numbers 1,000,000    

Powers of 10    

10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000  more or less than  

Partition numbers to 1,000,000      

Number line to 1,000,000      

Compare and order numbers to 100,000      

Compare and order numbers to 1,000,000 

Round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 

Round numbers within 100,000     

Round numbers within 1,000,000     

Addition & Subtraction 

Mental strategies 

Add and subtract whole numbers with more than four digits   

Round to check answers 

Inverse operations (addition & subtraction) 

Multi-step addition and subtraction problems 

Compare calculations 

Find missing numbers 

Place Value 

Numbers to 1 million 

Numbers to 10 million 

Read and write numbers to 10 million 

Powers of 10 

Number line to 10 million 

Compare and order any integers 

Round any integer 

Negative numbers 

Addition, Subtraction,  multiplication & Division 

Add and subtract integers 

Common factors 

Common multiples 

Rules of divisibility 

Primes to 100 

Square and cube numbers 

Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number 

Solve problems with multiplication 

Short division 

Division using factors 

Introduction to long division 

Long division with remainders 

Solve problems with division 

Solve multi-step problems 

Order of operations 

Mental calculations and estimation 

Reason from known facts 

Place Value 

Recognise place value, write integers in words and figures up to 1 billion 

Work out and position intervals on a number line 

Compare and order integers up to 1 billion using  =  ≠ < >  ≤  ≥ 

Understand place value of decimals and position on a number line 

Compare and order decimal numbers and any number up to 1 billion 

Round integer to nearest power of 10 

Write 10, 100, 1000 etc as powers of 10 (E) 

Write positive integers in the form Ax10n (E) 

Investigate negative powers of ten (E) 

Write numbers between 0 and 1 in standard form (E) 

Four Operations 

Add and subtract integers 

Add and subtract decimals 

Multiply and divide by 10, 100, 1000 

Multiply by 0.1 and 0.01 (E) 

Multiply integers 

Divide integers 

Multiply decimals 

Divide decimals by integers 

Divide by a decimal (E) 

Order of operations 

Averages and range 

Mode, mean, median, range 

Solve problems with averages and range 

Rounding and Estimation 

Round to 1 significant figure 

Round to 2 or more significant figures 

Estimate answers to calculations 

Solve problems with estimation 

Understand and use error interval notation (E) 

Ratio 

Understand the meaning of ratio and use ratio notation 

Simplify ratios 

Solve ratio problems 

Divide in a given ratio 

Express ratios in the form 1:n  and n:1 (E) 

Compare ratio and fractions 

Understand pi as a ratio 

Understand gradient as a ratio (E) 

Proportion and scale 

Solve problems involving direct proportion 

Explore conversion graphs 

Convert between currencies 

Explore direct proportion graphs 

Explore relationships between similar shapes 

Convert metric units 

Understand scale factors and use to interpret scale diagrams and maps 

Algebraic manipulation 

Form algebraic expressions 

Simplify expressions 

Use directed number with algebra 

Substitution with directed number 

Multiply out and factorise into a single bracket 

Expand multiple single brackets and simplify 

Expand a pair of binomials (E) 

Factorise quadratic equations (E) 

Identify and use formulae, expressions, identities and equations 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplication and division A 

Multiples and common multiples      

Factors and common multiples  

Prime numbers     

Square numbers    

Cube numbers    

Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000     

Multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000 

Fractions A 

Find fractions equivalent to a unit fraction 

Find fractions equivalent to a non-unit fraction 

Recognise equivalent fractions 

Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers 

Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions 

Compare fractions less than 1 

Order fractions less than 1 

Compare and order fractions greater than 1 

Add & subtract fractions with the same denominator 

Add fractions within 1 

Add fractions with total greater than 1 

Add to a mixed number 

Add 2 mixed numbers 

Subtract fractions 

Subtract from a mixed number 

Subtract from a mixed number – breaking the whole 

Subtract 2 mixed numbers 

Fractions A 

Equivalent fractions and simplifying 

Equivalent fractions on a number line 

Compare and order (denominator) 

Compare and order (numerator) 

Add and subtract simple fractions 

Add and subtract any 2 fractions 

Add and subtract mixed numbers 

Multi-step problems with fractions 

Fractions B 

Multiply fractions by integers 

Multiply fractions by fractions 

Divide any fraction by an integer 

Mixed questions with fractions 

Fraction of an amount 

Fraction of an amount - find the whole 

Converting units 

Metric measures 

Convert metric measures 

Calculate with metric measures 

Miles and kilometres 

Imperial measures 

Sequences 

Describe and continue sequences in tables, graphs and diagrams as well as numbers 

Identify and continue linear and non-linear sequences 

Explain the term to term rule 

Find missing terms (E) 

Algebraic notation 

Find input and output using a single function machine 

Use diagrams and letters to generalise number operations & single function machines 

Given simple expressions find the function machine 

Substitute values into 1 step expressions 

Find functions, substitute values and generate sequences using 2 step expressions 

Represent one and two step functions graphically 

Equality & equivalence 

Understand the meaning of equality and use fact families, numerically and algebraically 

Solve 1 step and 2 step linear equations using inverse operations 

Understand like and unlike terms and equivalence 

Simplify expressions using ≡ 

 

 

 

Coordinates and graphs 

Draw, plot and find coordinates in all 4 quadrants 

Identify and draw parallel lines to the axes 

Table of values 

Recognise and use the line y = x and  y = mx 

Link y=mx to direct proportion (E) 

Introduce gradient (y=mx) 

Lines with negative gradient 

Lines of the form y=x+c and y=mx+c 

Find the midpoint of a line segment (E) 

Solve problems with coordinates and graphs (E) 

Quadratic graphs (E) 

Multiply & divide fractions 

Multiply and divide fractions by unit fractions and integers 

Understand and use the reciprocal 

Multiply and divide improper fractions and mixed numbers 

Multiply and divide algebraic fractions (E) 

Symmetry & reflection 

Recognise line and rotational symmetry 

Reflect a shape in a horizontal or vertical line 

Reflect a shape in a diagonal line   

Reflect a shape given equation of a line (E) 

Describe a reflection (E) 

 

 

 

 

Multiplication & Division B 

Multiply up to a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number 

Multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number (area model) 

Multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number 

Multiply a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number 

Multiply a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number 

Solve problems with multiplication 

Short division 

Divide a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number 

Divide with remainders 

Efficient division 

Solve problems with multiplication and division 

Fractions B 

Multiply a unit fraction by an integer 

Multiply a non-unit fraction by an integer 

Multiply a mixed number by an integer 

Calculate a fraction of a quantity 

Fraction of an amount 

Find the whole 

Use fractions as operators 

Ratio 

Add or multiply? 

Use ratio language 

Introduction to the ratio symbol 

Ratio and fractions 

Scale drawings 

Use scale factors 

Similar shapes 

Ratio problems 

Proportion problems 

Recipes 

Algebra 

1-step function machines 

2-step function machines 

Form expressions 

Substitution 

Formulae 

Form equations 

Solve 1-step equations 

Solve 2-step equations 

Find pairs of values 

Solve problems with two unknowns 

Decimals 

Place value within 1 

Place value – integers and decimals 

Round decimals 

Add and subtract decimals 

Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 

1,000 

Multiply and divide by integers 

Multiply and divide in context 

Graphing data 

Pictograms 

Bar charts 

Dual bar charts 

Composite bar charts 

Coordinates in the first quadrant 

Scatter graphs 

Correlation 

Line of best fit 

Time-series graphs 

Non-linear relationships 

Fractions, decimals & percentages 

Represent factions on diagrams and number lines 

Number lines with decimals 

Convert fractions and decimals using tenths, hundredths, fifths, quarters 

Convert between fractions and decimals – eighths and thousandths 

Understand the meaning of percentage using a hundred square 

Convert fluently between fractions, decimals and percentages 

identify & use equivalent fractions 

Understand fractions as division 

Explore fractions above one, decimals and percentages (E) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area, volume and density 

Name 2-D and 3-D shapes 

Area 

Area of a 2-D shape 

Area of a compound shape 

Recognise prisms (inc. language of edges and vertices) 

Volume of cubes and cuboids 

Convert metric units of mass and capacity 

Understand the units of mass/density and volume 

Solve problems with density, mass and volume 

Area and volume in similar shapes (E) 

Equations and inequalities 

Solve simple 1 and 2 step equations 

Solve more complex equations 

Solve fractional equations 

Form and solve equations 

Solve equations with unknowns on both sides 

Understand and use inequalities 

Inequalities on a number line 

Solve simple inequalities 

Form and solve inequalities 

Solve inequalities with unknowns on both sides (E) 

 

   

Decimals and percentages 

Decimals up to 2 d. p. 

Equivalent fractions and decimals (tenths) 

Equivalent fractions and decimals (hundredths) 

Equivalent fractions and decimals 

Thousandths as fractions 

Thousandths as decimals 

Thousandths on a place value chart 

Order and compare decimals (same number of decimal places) 

Order and compare any decimal with up to 3 decimal places 

Round to the nearest whole number 

Round to 1 decimal place 

Understand percentages 

Percentages as fractions 

Percentages as decimals 

Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages 

Perimeter and area 

Perimeter of rectangles 

Perimeter of rectilinear shapes 

Perimeter of polygons 

Area of rectangles 

Area of compound shapes 

Estimate area 

Statistics 

Draw line graphs 

Read and interpret line graphs 

Read and interpret tables 

Two-way tables 

Read and interpret timetables 

Fractions, decimals and percentages 

Decimals and fractions equivalents 

Fractions as division 

Understand percentages 

Fractions to percentages 

Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages 

Order fractions, decimals and percentages 

Percentage of an amount – one step 

Percentage of an amount – multi-step 

Percentages – missing values 

Area, perimeter and volume 

Shapes – same area 

Area and perimeter 

Area of a triangle – counting squares 

Area of a right-angled triangle 

Area of any triangle 

Area of a parallelogram 

Volume – counting cubes 

Volume of a cuboid 

Statistics 

Line graphs 

Dual bar charts 

Read and interpret pie charts 

Pie charts with percentages 

Draw pie charts 

The mean 

Directed number 

Use representations of directed number 

Compare and order directed number 

Directed number and zero pairs 

Perform calculations that cross zero 

Add, subtract, multiply, divide 

Use directed numbers with order of operations 

Use a calculator to solve directed number calculations 

Fraction & percentage of amounts 

Find fraction and percentage of a given amount (with /without calculator) 

Use a given fraction to find the whole and/or other fractions 

Percentage increase and decrease 

Use a percentage to find the whole (E) Solve problems with fractions greater than 1 and percentages greater than 100% (E) 

Perimeter and Area 

Convert metric units of length  

Perimeter of a polygon 

Perimeter of a compound shape 

Area of rectangles and parallelograms 

Area of triangles 

Area of trapezium 

Solve problems with perimeter and area 

Form expressions with perimeter and area (E) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages 

Percentage of an amount 

Convert between percentages and decimals 

Use multipliers to find percentages 

Convert between decimals and percentages greater than 1 

Percentage increase and decrease using a multiplier 

Express one number as a fraction or percentage of another (calculator and non-calculator) 

Percentage change 

Find the original value given a percentage 

Choose appropriate methods to solve percentage problems 

Indices 

Add, subtract, multiply and divide expressions with indices 

Use the addition and subtraction law for indices 

Powers of powers (E) 

Negative indices (E) 

Fractional indices (E) 

Standard form 

Investigate positive and negative powers of 10 

Work with numbers greater than 1 in standard form 

Work with numbers between 0 and 1 in standard form 

Standard form on a calculator  

Interpret and represent data 

Types of data 

Outliers and errors 

Averages and range 

Choose the most appropriate average 

Compare distributions using average and the range 

Averages from an ungrouped frequency table 

Represent and interpret grouped discrete data 

Represent and interpret continuous data grouped into equal classes 

Mean and mode from a grouped frequency table (E) 

Shape 

Understand and use degrees 

Classify angles 

Estimate angles 

Measure angles up to 180 

Draw lines and angles accurately 

Calculate angles around a point 

Calculate angles on a straight line 

Lengths and angles in shapes 

Regular and irregular polygons 

3-D shapes 

Position and direction 

Read and plot coordinates 

Problem solving with coordinates 

Translation 

Translation with coordinates 

Lines of symmetry 

Reflection in horizontal and vertical lines 

Decimals 

Use known facts to add and subtract decimals within 1 

Complements to 1 

Add and subtract decimals across 1 

Add and subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places 

Add and subtract decimals with different numbers of decimal places 

Efficient strategies for adding and subtracting decimals 

Decimal sequences 

Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000  

Multiply and divide decimals – missing values 

Shape 

Measure and classify angles 

Calculate angles 

Vertically opposite angles 

Angles in a triangle 

Angles in a triangle - special cases 

Angles in a triangle - missing angles 

Angles in special quadrilaterals 

Angles in regular polygons 

Circles 

Draw shapes accurately 

Nets of 3-D shapes 

Position and direction 

The first quadrant 

Read and plot points in four quadrants 

Silve problems with coordinates 

Translations 

Reflections 

 

 

Speed, distance and time 

Convert between milliseconds, seconds, minutes and hours 

Convert between hours, days and years 

Fractions of time 

Solve problems with tables and timetables 

Solve problems with time and the calendar 

Calculate speed 

Calculate time and distance 

Solve problems with speed, distance and time 

Interpret and draw distance-time graphs 

Calculate speed from a distance-time graph (E) 

Properties of number 

Find and use multiples 

Identify factors of numbers  

Recognise and identify prime numbers 

Write numbers as a product of prime factors 

Recognise square, cube and triangular numbers 

Square roots and cube roots 

Explore higher powers and roots (E) 

Highest common factor (HCF) 

Lowest Common multiple (LCM) 

HCF and LCM from a diagram (E) 

Use factors to simplify calculations (E) 

 

Angles in parallel lines & polygons 

Understand and use basic angle rules and notation 

Investigate angles between parallel lines and the transversal 

Identify and calculate alternate, corresponding and co-interior angles 

Solve complex problems with angles in parallel lines 

Properties of special quadrilaterals and their diagonals 

Find sides and angles in special quadrilaterals 

Exterior and interior angles of a polygon 

Interior angles in a regular polygon 

Prove simple geometric facts (E) 

Tables & probability 

Probability vocabulary 

The probability scale 

Probability of a single event 

Use the sum of probabilities being equal to 1 

Probability experiments 

Sample spaces for 1 or more events 

Probabilities from sample space diagrams 

Two-way tables 

Probabilities from two-way tables 

Frequency trees 

Probabilities from frequency trees 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative numbers 

Understand negative numbers  

Count through zero in 1s 

Count through zero in multiples 

Compare and order negative numbers 

Find the difference 

Converting units 

Kilograms and kilometres 

Millimetres and millilitres 

Convert units of length 

Convert between metric and imperial units 

Convert units of time 

Calculate with timetables 

Volume 

Cubic centimetres 

Compare volume 

Estimate volume 

Estimate capacity 

Consolidation and themed projects. 

Add and subtract fractions 

Simplify a fraction 

Convert between a mixed number and improper fractions 

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator 

Add and subtract with fractions and integers 

Add and subtract fractions where denominators share a simple common multiple 

Add and subtract fractions with any denominator 

Add and subtract improper fractions and mixed numbers 

Use equivalence to add and subtract decimals and fractions (E) 

Add and subtract simple algebraic fractions (E) 

Substitution and solving equations with fractions (E) 

Angles and polygons 

Draw and measure lines and angles 

Understand and use geometric notation 

Understand and use the sum of angles at a point, on a straight line and vertically opposite 

Know and apply sum of angles in a triangle and a quadrilateral 

Solve angle problems using properties of triangles and quadrilaterals 

Recognise and name polygons 

Solve problems with angles 

Parallel and perpendicular lines (E) 

Angles in parallel lines (E) 

Angles in a polygon (E) 

Simple proofs (E) 

Circles 

Circle vocabulary 

Pi as a ratio 

Circumference of a circle 

Perimeter of parts of a circle 

Area of a circle 

Area of parts of a circle 

Area and circumference of a circle 

Perimeter of compound shapes with circles 

Perimeter and area of compound shapes with circles 

Graphs and charts 

Pictograms and bar charts 

Vertical line graphs 

Draw and interpret pie charts 

Line graphs 

Choose the most appropriate graph or chart 

Compare distributions using graphs 

Misleading graphs and charts 

Sequences 

Generate sequences given a rule in words  

Generate a sequence given a simple algebraic rule  

nth term of a linear sequence 

Generate a sequence given a complex algebraic rule (E)