Year 1
Ages 5-6 · Key Stage 1 · 20 statutory objectives · 37 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number”
- Count forwards and backwards across 100
“count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s”
- Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
- Count in 2s
- Count in 5s
- Count in 10s
“given a number, identify 1 more and 1 less”
- Find 1 more than a number
- Find 1 less than a number
“identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least”
- Represent numbers with objects, pictures and a number line
- Compare numbers using equal to, more than, less than, most and least
“read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words”
- Read and write numbers 1 to 20 in numerals and words
Number - addition and subtraction
“read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (−) and equals (=) signs”
- Read and write number sentences with +, − and =
“represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20”
- Recall number bonds within 20
- Use related subtraction facts within 20
“add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0”
- Add numbers to 20
- Subtract numbers to 20
“solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? − 9”
- Solve one-step addition and subtraction word problems
- Solve missing number problems
Number - multiplication and division
“solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher”
- Solve one-step multiplication and division problems using objects and arrays
Number - fractions
“recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity”
- Find and name a half
“recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity”
- Find and name a quarter
Measurement
“compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half]; mass/weight [for example, heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity and volume [for example, full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]”
- Compare lengths and heights
- Compare mass and weight
- Compare capacity and volume
- Compare time (quicker, slower, earlier, later)
“measure and begin to record the following: lengths and heights; mass/weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds)”
- Measure lengths and heights
- Measure mass and weight
- Measure capacity and volume
- Measure time in hours, minutes and seconds
“recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes”
- Know the value of coins and notes
“sequence events in chronological order using language [for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening]”
- Sequence events in chronological order
“recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months and years”
- Use language of dates: days, weeks, months and years
“tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times”
- Tell the time to the hour
- Tell the time to half past the hour
- Draw clock hands to show a time
Geometry - properties of shapes
“recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including: 2-D shapes [for example, rectangles (including squares), circles and triangles]; 3-D shapes [for example, cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres]”
- Recognise and name common 2-D shapes
- Recognise and name common 3-D shapes
Geometry - position and direction
“describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns”
- Describe position, direction and turns (whole, half, quarter, three-quarter)
Year 2
Ages 6-7 · Key Stage 1 · 34 statutory objectives · 66 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in 10s from any number, forward and backward”
- Count in 2s
- Count in 3s
- Count in 5s
- Count in 10s from any number
“recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (10s, 1s)”
- Recognise place value in a two-digit number
“identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line”
- Identify, represent and estimate numbers on a number line
“compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs”
- Compare numbers using <, > and =
- Order numbers up to 100
“read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words”
- Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals and words
“use place value and number facts to solve problems”
- Use place value and number facts to solve problems
Number - addition and subtraction
“solve problems with addition and subtraction: using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures; applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods”
- Solve addition and subtraction problems using mental and written methods
“recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100”
- Recall addition and subtraction facts to 20
- Derive related facts up to 100
“add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including: a two-digit number and 1s; a two-digit number and 10s; 2 two-digit numbers; adding 3 one-digit numbers”
- Add and subtract a two-digit number and ones
- Add and subtract a two-digit number and tens
- Add and subtract two two-digit numbers
- Add three one-digit numbers
“show that addition of 2 numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of 1 number from another cannot”
- Understand addition is commutative but subtraction is not
“recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems”
- Use the inverse relationship to check calculations and solve missing number problems
Number - multiplication and division
“recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers”
- Recall the 2 times table
- Recall the 5 times table
- Recall the 10 times table
- Recognise odd and even numbers
“calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs”
- Write multiplication and division statements using ×, ÷ and =
“show that multiplication of 2 numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of 1 number by another cannot”
- Understand multiplication is commutative but division is not
“solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts”
- Solve multiplication and division problems in context
Number - fractions
“recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity”
- Find and write 1/3 of a quantity
- Find and write 1/4 of a quantity
- Find and write 2/4 of a quantity
- Find and write 3/4 of a quantity
“write simple fractions, for example 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2”
- Write simple fractions of a quantity
- Recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2
Measurement
“choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels”
- Estimate and measure length/height (m/cm)
- Estimate and measure mass (kg/g)
- Estimate and measure temperature (°C)
- Estimate and measure capacity (litres/ml)
“compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =”
- Compare and order lengths
- Compare and order mass
- Compare and order volume/capacity
“recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value”
- Recognise the £ and p symbols
- Combine amounts of money to make a value
“find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money”
- Find different coin combinations for the same amount
“solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change”
- Add and subtract amounts of money
- Give change
“compare and sequence intervals of time”
- Compare and sequence intervals of time
“tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times”
- Tell and write the time to five minutes
- Tell the time to quarter past and quarter to
- Draw clock hands to show a time
“know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day”
- Know the number of minutes in an hour
- Know the number of hours in a day
Geometry - properties of shapes
“identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides, and line symmetry in a vertical line”
- Count the sides of 2-D shapes
- Recognise line symmetry in a vertical line
“identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”
- Count edges of 3-D shapes
- Count vertices of 3-D shapes
- Count faces of 3-D shapes
“identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes, [for example, a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid]”
- Identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes
“compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects”
- Compare and sort 2-D and 3-D shapes
Geometry - position and direction
“order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences”
- Order and arrange objects in patterns and sequences
“use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)”
- Describe position, direction and movement in a straight line
- Describe rotation as turns and right angles (quarter, half, three-quarter, clockwise/anti-clockwise)
Statistics
“interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables”
- Interpret and construct pictograms
- Interpret and construct tally charts
- Interpret and construct block diagrams
- Interpret and construct tables
“ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity”
- Answer questions by counting and sorting categories by quantity
“ask-and-answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data”
- Answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data
Year 3
Ages 7-8 · Lower Key Stage 2 · 33 statutory objectives · 65 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number”
- Count in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100
- Find 10 or 100 more or less than a number
“recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (100s, 10s, 1s)”
- Recognise place value in a three-digit number
“compare and order numbers up to 1,000”
- Compare numbers up to 1,000
- Order numbers up to 1,000
“identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations”
- Identify, represent and estimate numbers
“read and write numbers up to 1,000 in numerals and in words”
- Read and write numbers to 1,000 in numerals
- Read and write numbers to 1,000 in words
“solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas”
- Solve number and practical problems with place value
Number - addition and subtraction
“add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 1s; a three-digit number and 10s; a three-digit number and 100s”
- Mentally add and subtract a three-digit number and ones
- Mentally add and subtract a three-digit number and tens
- Mentally add and subtract a three-digit number and hundreds
“add and subtract numbers with up to 3 digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction”
- Columnar addition (up to 3 digits)
- Columnar subtraction (up to 3 digits)
“estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers”
- Estimate the answer to a calculation
- Use inverse operations to check answers
“solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction”
- Solve addition and subtraction problems, including missing number problems
Number - multiplication and division
“recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables”
- Recall the 3 times table
- Recall the 4 times table
- Recall the 8 times table
“write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods”
- Multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number mentally
- Multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number with formal written methods
- Write and calculate division statements
“solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects”
- Solve integer scaling problems
- Solve correspondence problems
- Solve missing number multiplication and division problems
Number - fractions
“count up and down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10”
- Count up and down in tenths
- Recognise tenths as dividing by 10
“recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators”
- Find and write fractions of a set of objects
“recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators”
- Recognise and use fractions as numbers
“recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators”
- Recognise equivalent fractions using diagrams
“add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole [for example, 5/7+1/7 = 6/7]”
- Add fractions with the same denominator
- Subtract fractions with the same denominator
“compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators”
- Compare fractions with the same denominator
- Order fractions with the same denominator
“solve problems that involve all of the above”
- Solve fraction problems
Measurement
“measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml)”
- Measure, compare, add and subtract lengths (m/cm/mm)
- Measure, compare, add and subtract mass (kg/g)
- Measure, compare, add and subtract volume/capacity (l/ml)
“measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes”
- Measure the perimeter of 2-D shapes
“add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts”
- Add and subtract money to give change (£ and p)
“tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks”
- Tell and write the time from an analogue clock
- Read Roman numerals I to XII on a clock
- Read a 12-hour clock
- Read a 24-hour clock
“estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o'clock, am/pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight”
- Read time to the nearest minute
- Record and compare time in seconds, minutes and hours
- Use time vocabulary (am/pm, noon, midnight)
“know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year”
- Know the number of seconds in a minute
- Know the number of days in each month, year and leap year
“compare durations of events [for example, to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]”
- Compare durations of events
Geometry - properties of shapes
“draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials; recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them”
- Draw 2-D shapes
- Make 3-D shapes
- Recognise and describe 3-D shapes in different orientations
“recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn”
- Recognise angles as a property of shape or a turn
“identify right angles, recognise that 2 right angles make a half-turn, 3 make three-quarters of a turn and 4 a complete turn; identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle”
- Identify right angles
- Recognise right angles making half, three-quarter and complete turns
- Identify angles greater or less than a right angle
“identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines”
- Identify horizontal and vertical lines
- Identify perpendicular lines
- Identify parallel lines
Statistics
“interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables”
- Interpret data in bar charts, pictograms and tables
- Present data in bar charts, pictograms and tables
“solve one-step and two-step questions [for example 'How many more?' and 'How many fewer?'] using information presented in scaled bar charts and pictograms and tables”
- Solve one-step questions from charts and tables
- Solve two-step questions from charts and tables
Year 4
Ages 8-9 · Lower Key Stage 2 · 42 statutory objectives · 70 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000”
- Count in multiples of 6
- Count in multiples of 7
- Count in multiples of 9
- Count in multiples of 25
- Count in multiples of 1,000
“find 1,000 more or less than a given number”
- Find 1,000 more or less than a number
“count backwards through 0 to include negative numbers”
- Count backwards through zero into negative numbers
“recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (1,000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s)”
- Recognise place value in a four-digit number
“order and compare numbers beyond 1,000”
- Order numbers beyond 1,000
- Compare numbers beyond 1,000
“identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations”
- Identify, represent and estimate numbers
“round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000”
- Round to the nearest 10
- Round to the nearest 100
- Round to the nearest 1,000
“solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers”
- Solve number and practical problems with larger numbers
“read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of 0 and place value”
- Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C)
Number - addition and subtraction
“add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate”
- Columnar addition (up to 4 digits)
- Columnar subtraction (up to 4 digits)
“estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation”
- Estimate answers to calculations
- Use inverse operations to check answers
“solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why”
- Solve two-step addition and subtraction problems
Number - multiplication and division
“recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12”
- Recall multiplication facts up to 12 × 12
- Recall division facts up to 12 × 12
“use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together 3 numbers”
- Multiply by 0 and 1
- Divide by 1
- Multiply three numbers together
“recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations”
- Recognise and use factor pairs
- Use commutativity in mental calculations
“multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout”
- Multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number (formal written)
- Multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number (formal written)
“solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two-digit numbers by 1 digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects”
- Use the distributive law to multiply a two-digit number by one digit
- Solve integer scaling problems
- Solve correspondence problems
Number - fractions (including decimals)
“recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions”
- Recognise families of common equivalent fractions
“count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by 100 and dividing tenths by 10”
- Count up and down in hundredths
- Recognise hundredths as dividing by 100 or tenths by 10
“solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number”
- Solve problems finding fractions of quantities
“add and subtract fractions with the same denominator”
- Add fractions with the same denominator
- Subtract fractions with the same denominator
“recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundreds”
- Write decimal equivalents of tenths and hundredths
“recognise and write decimal equivalents to 1/4, 1/2, 3/4”
- Write the decimal equivalent of 1/4
- Write the decimal equivalent of 1/2
- Write the decimal equivalent of 3/4
“find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths”
- Divide a number by 10 to give a decimal
- Divide a number by 100 to give a decimal
“round decimals with 1 decimal place to the nearest whole number”
- Round decimals (1 decimal place) to the nearest whole number
“compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to 2 decimal places”
- Compare numbers with up to 2 decimal places
“solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to 2 decimal places”
- Solve measure and money problems with fractions and decimals
Measurement
“convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute]”
- Convert between units of measure
“measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres”
- Calculate the perimeter of rectilinear figures
“find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares”
- Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares
“estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence”
- Estimate, compare and calculate measures, including money
“read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks”
- Read and write time on analogue and digital clocks
- Convert time between 12-hour and 24-hour clocks
“solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days”
- Convert hours to minutes
- Convert minutes to seconds
- Convert years to months
- Convert weeks to days
Geometry - properties of shapes
“compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes”
- Compare and classify quadrilaterals and triangles
“identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to 2 right angles by size”
- Identify acute and obtuse angles
- Compare and order angles by size
“identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations”
- Identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes
“complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific line of symmetry”
- Complete a symmetric figure
Geometry - position and direction
“describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant”
- Describe coordinates in the first quadrant
“describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down”
- Describe movements as translations
“plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon”
- Plot points and complete a polygon
Statistics
“interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs”
- Interpret and present data using bar charts and time graphs
“solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs”
- Solve comparison problems from graphs
- Solve sum problems from graphs
- Solve difference problems from graphs
Year 5
Ages 9-10 · Upper Key Stage 2 · 51 statutory objectives · 69 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit”
- Read, write, order and compare numbers to 1,000,000
“count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000”
- Count in steps of powers of 10 up to 1,000,000
“interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0”
- Interpret negative numbers in context
- Count forwards and backwards through zero with positive and negative numbers
“round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000”
- Round numbers up to 1,000,000
“solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above”
- Solve number and practical problems with large numbers
“read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals”
- Read Roman numerals to 1,000 and recognise years in Roman numerals
Number - addition and subtraction
“add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)”
- Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits (formal written)
“add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers”
- Add and subtract large numbers mentally
“use rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy”
- Use rounding to check answers and judge accuracy
“solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why”
- Solve multi-step addition and subtraction problems
Number - multiplication and division
“identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of 2 numbers”
- Identify multiples
- Identify factors and factor pairs
- Find common factors of two numbers
“know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers”
- Use the vocabulary of prime, prime factor and composite numbers
“establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19”
- Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime
- Recall prime numbers up to 19
“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”
- Multiply up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number (long multiplication)
“multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts”
- Multiply mentally using known facts
- Divide mentally using known facts
“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”
- Divide up to 4 digits by a one-digit number (short division), interpreting remainders
“multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000”
- Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000
- Divide by 10, 100 and 1,000
“recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³)”
- Recognise and use square numbers
- Recognise and use cube numbers
“solve problems involving multiplication and division, including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes”
- Solve multiplication and division problems using factors, multiples, squares and cubes
“solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign”
- Solve problems combining all four operations
“solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates”
- Solve scaling by simple fractions problems
- Solve simple rate problems
Number - fractions (including decimals and percentages)
“compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number”
- Compare and order fractions with related denominators
“identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths”
- Identify and write equivalent fractions
“recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number”
- Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions
- Write statements greater than 1 as a mixed number
“add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, and denominators that are multiples of the same number”
- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- Add and subtract fractions with denominators that are multiples of the same number
“multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams”
- Multiply proper fractions by whole numbers
- Multiply mixed numbers by whole numbers
“read and write decimal numbers as fractions”
- Read and write decimal numbers as fractions
“recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents”
- Recognise and use thousandths
“round decimals with 2 decimal places to the nearest whole number and to 1 decimal place”
- Round decimals to the nearest whole number
- Round decimals to 1 decimal place
“read, write, order and compare numbers with up to 3 decimal places”
- Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to 3 decimal places
“solve problems involving number up to 3 decimal places”
- Solve problems with numbers up to 3 decimal places
“recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to 'number of parts per 100', and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal fraction”
- Understand the per cent symbol and its meaning
- Write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100
- Write percentages as a decimal
“solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of ½, ¼, ⅕, ⅖, ⅘ and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25”
- Solve problems using percentage and decimal equivalents of common fractions
Measurement
“convert between different units of metric measure”
- Convert between metric units
“understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints”
- Use approximate metric-imperial equivalences
“measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres”
- Calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes
“calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), including using standard units, square centimetres (cm²) and square metres (m²), and estimate the area of irregular shapes”
- Calculate and compare the area of rectangles
- Estimate the area of irregular shapes
“estimate volume and capacity”
- Estimate volume
- Estimate capacity
“solve problems involving converting between units of time”
- Solve problems converting between units of time
“use all four operations to solve problems involving measure using decimal notation, including scaling”
- Solve measure problems using all four operations and decimals
Geometry - properties of shapes
“identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations”
- Identify 3-D shapes from 2-D representations
“know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles”
- Estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles
“draw given angles, and measure them in degrees (°)”
- Draw given angles
- Measure angles in degrees
“identify angles at a point and 1 whole turn (total 360°)”
- Identify angles at a point (360°)
“identify angles at a point on a straight line and half a turn (total 180°)”
- Identify angles on a straight line (180°)
“identify other multiples of 90°”
- Identify multiples of 90°
“use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles”
- Use properties of rectangles to find missing lengths and angles
“distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles”
- Distinguish regular and irregular polygons
Geometry - position and direction
“identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed”
- Describe the position of a shape following a reflection
- Describe the position of a shape following a translation
Statistics
“solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph”
- Solve comparison, sum and difference problems from a line graph
“complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables”
- Complete, read and interpret tables, including timetables
Year 6
Ages 10-11 · Upper Key Stage 2 · 49 statutory objectives · 65 practice tasks
Number - number and place value
“read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit”
- Read, write, order and compare numbers to 10,000,000
“round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy”
- Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
“use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0”
- Use negative numbers in context
- Calculate intervals across zero
“solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above”
- Solve number and practical problems with large and negative numbers
Number - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
“multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication”
- Multiply up to 4 digits by a two-digit number (long multiplication)
“divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context”
- Divide up to 4 digits by a two-digit number (long division), interpreting remainders
“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”
- Divide up to 4 digits by a two-digit number (short division), interpreting remainders
“perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers”
- Perform mental calculations with mixed operations and large numbers
“identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers”
- Identify common factors
- Identify common multiples
- Identify prime numbers
“use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations”
- Use the order of operations for calculations
“solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why”
- Solve multi-step addition and subtraction problems
“solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division”
- Solve addition problems
- Solve subtraction problems
- Solve multiplication problems
- Solve division problems
“use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy”
- Use estimation to check answers and judge accuracy
Number - fractions (including decimals and percentages)
“use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination”
- Use common factors to simplify fractions
- Use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination
“compare and order fractions, including fractions > 1”
- Compare and order fractions, including fractions greater than 1
“add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions”
- Add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- Add and subtract mixed numbers
“multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form”
- Multiply pairs of proper fractions
“divide proper fractions by whole numbers”
- Divide proper fractions by whole numbers
“associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents”
- Associate a fraction with division and find decimal equivalents
“identify the value of each digit in numbers given to 3 decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000 giving answers up to 3 decimal places”
- Identify the value of each digit to 3 decimal places
- Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000 (answers to 3 decimal places)
“multiply one-digit numbers with up to 2 decimal places by whole numbers”
- Multiply numbers with up to 2 decimal places by whole numbers
“use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to 2 decimal places”
- Use written division with answers up to 2 decimal places
“solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy”
- Solve problems requiring rounding to a degree of accuracy
“recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts”
- Recall and use equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages
Ratio and proportion
“solve problems involving the relative sizes of 2 quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts”
- Solve problems involving relative sizes of two quantities
“solve problems involving the calculation of percentages and the use of percentages for comparison”
- Calculate percentages
- Use percentages for comparison
“solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be found”
- Solve problems with similar shapes and scale factors
“solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples”
- Solve unequal sharing problems
- Solve unequal grouping problems
Algebra
“use simple formulae”
- Use simple formulae
“generate and describe linear number sequences”
- Generate and describe linear number sequences
“express missing number problems algebraically”
- Express missing number problems algebraically
“find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns”
- Find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns
“enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables”
- Enumerate combinations of two variables
Measurement
“solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate”
- Solve problems calculating and converting units of measure
“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 3 decimal places”
- Convert between standard units of length, mass, volume and time
“convert between miles and kilometres”
- Convert between miles and kilometres
“recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa”
- Recognise shapes with the same area can have different perimeters
“recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes”
- Use formulae for area
- Use formulae for volume
“calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles”
- Calculate the area of parallelograms
- Calculate the area of triangles
“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”
- Calculate, estimate and compare the volume of cubes and cuboids
Geometry - properties of shapes
“draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles”
- Draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles
“recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets”
- Recognise, describe and build 3-D shapes, including nets
“compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons”
- Compare and classify shapes by properties and sizes
- Find unknown angles in triangles, quadrilaterals and regular polygons
“illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius”
- Name parts of circles and relate diameter to radius
“recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles”
- Find missing angles at a point, on a line, and vertically opposite
Geometry - position and direction
“describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants)”
- Describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all four quadrants)
“draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes”
- Draw and translate shapes on the coordinate plane
- Reflect shapes in the axes
Statistics
“interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems”
- Interpret and construct pie charts
- Interpret and construct line graphs
“calculate and interpret the mean as an average”
- Calculate and interpret the mean as an average