Mathematics

Level 4 means that I can…

• Describe number patterns

• Find multiples

• Find factors

• Work out the square numbers

• Use word formulae

• Use co-ordinates in the first quadrant

• Multiply and divide whole numbers by 10 and 100

• Say my tables up to 10x10

• Add and subtract numbers like 13.64 and 48.95

• Write decimal numbers in the correct order

• Check my own answers

• Make 3D models

• Draw 2D shapes

• Find perimeters of shapes

• Find the area by counting squares

• Draw line graphs

• Present data clearly

• Read simple pie charts

• Draw frequency tables

• Find the mode

• Find the range

• Try ideas of my own

Level 5 means that I can…

• Multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000

• Add and subtract negative numbers

• Put numbers in order including negative numbers

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers like 19.75 and 34.21

• Simplify a fraction

• Work out a fraction or percentage of a number

• Multiply or divide a three digit number by a two digit number

• Use inverse operations of approximation to check my answers

• Use simple formulae like C=2n+4

• Use co-ordinates in all four quadrants

• Measure and draw angles to the nearest degree

• Remember the metric to imperial conversions

• Use and understand the formula for the area of a rectangle

• Find the mean of discrete data

• Use the range and one of the averages to compare two sets of data

• Say what diagrams and graphs show

• Use the probability scale from 0 to 1

• Understand that experiments don’t always have the same outcome

Level 6 means that I can…

• Use trial and improvement to solve things like x3+5x=38

• Work out one number as a fraction or percentage of another

• Understand that fractions, decimals and percentages can be equivalent to each other (eg 0.5=50%)

• Calculate using ratio

• Add and subtract fractions with common denominators

• Find and describe in words the rule for the next term in a sequence (linear)

• Find and describe in words the rule for the nth term in a sequence

• Solve linear equations with integer coefficients

• Plot the graph of y = mx + c

• Recognise 2D representations of 3D objects

• Classify quadrilaterals by knowing their properties

• Find the missing angles when two parallel lines are intersected

• Solve angle problems in polygons

• Write instructions to make a computer draw a shape

• Find the area and circumference of a circle

• Find the volume of cuboids

• Enlarge a shape by a positive scale factor

• Work with continuous data

• Construct pie charts

• Say what a scatter diagram tells us

• Understand correlation

• Find all the possible outcomes of two experiments

• Use the fact that the probability of mutually exclusive events add up to 1

Level 7 means that I can…

• Round to one significant figure

• Understand what happens when we multiply or divide by numbers between 0 and 1

• Multiply and divide numbers of any size

• Understand proportional change

• Describe in symbols the rule for the next term or nth term in a sequence (Quadratic)

• Multiply things like (a+b)(c+d)

• Simplify quadratic expressions

• Solve simultaneous, linear equations with two variables (Using graphs or algebra)

• Solve inequalities like 6(2n+1)≥18

• Understand and use Pythagoras’ Theorem in 2D

• Calculate lengths, areas and volumes in right prisms

• Enlarge a shape by a fractional scale factor

• Understand similarity

• Draw the locus of a moving object

• Find and understand upper and lowers bounds

• Use compound measures like speed, distance, time

• Give and test a hypothesis to a situation

• Understand bias

• Find the modal class and an estimate to the mean, median and range when using grouped data

• Compare distributions using frequency polygons

• Draw a line of best fit on a scatter diagram

• Understand relative frequency

Level 8 means that I can…

• Solve problems involving powers and roots

• Solve problems involving standard form

• Solve problems involving repeated proportional change

• Substitute fractions and decimals into equations and expressions and find the answers

• Calculate one variable in a formula when I know the others

• Understand that a2-b2=(a+b)(a-b)

• Solve inequalities in two variables

• Sketch and interpret graphs of quadratic, cubic and reciprocal functions

• Interpret graphs that model real life situations

• Use congruence and mathematical similarity

• Use sine, cosine and tangent in right angled triangles in 2D

• Distinguish between formulae for perimeter, area and volume by considering dimensions

• Interpret and construct cumulative frequency diagrams

• Estimate the median and interquartile range

• Calculate the probability of a compound event