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Year3
Year3:Number
Innumber,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear3generallyrecognise,compareandorderwholenumberswithuptothreedigits,
recognisingstandardrepresentationsanddifferentwaysofpartitioningoneandtwodigitnumbers.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardhavetypicallydevelopedcomputationalfluencywithadditionandsubtractionofsmallwhole
numbers.Theygenerallyaddandsubtracttwodigitnumbers,addthevalueofcoinsandusepartitioningandgroupingtosolvesimple
problems.
Wholenumbers
Studentsread,recogniseandcountwithwholenumbersuptothreedigits.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisethreedigitnumbersinwordsandsymbols
recogniseoddandevennumbers
makegivennumberslargerorsmallerby1,by10orby100
countforwardsandbackwardsby1s,2s,5sand10s
skipcountby2s,5sand10s.
Studentscompareandorderwholetwodigitnumbers.Theyuseplacevalueknowledgeuptothehundredstointerpretdifferent
representationsofwholenumbers.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
compareandordertwodigitnumbers
partitiononeandtwodigitnumbersindifferentways
recognisedifferentstandardrepresentationsofnumbersinhundreds,tensandones.
Fractionsanddecimals
Studentshalvesmallamountsandrecogniseahalfandaquarterinfamiliarcontexts.Theystarttointerpretdecimalsinamoneycontext.For
example,studentscangenerally:
recogniseahalfandfindhalfofdiscretequantitiesoramounts
findhalfofasymmetricalobject
interpretkeydecimalsinmoneycontextsasdollarsandcents.
Calculating
Studentsrecallbasicnumberfactswithsmallnumbersandusethemtocompleteadditionandsubtractioncalculations.Theyrecognise
situationsinvolvingmakingequalgroups.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recallanduseadditionandsubtractionfactsto20
usepartitioningtoassistadditionandsubtractionofoneandtwodigitnumbers
interpretrepeatedadditionasmultiplication
formequalgroupsofobjects,givenavisualsupport
countandrecordthetotalvalueofcoinsindollarsandcents(upto$5).
Applyingnumber
Studentsgenerallyidentifysituationsandproblemsthatrequireadditionorsubtractionwithsmallnumbers.Forexample,studentscan
generally:
useadditionorsubtractiontosolveroutineproblems
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starttolinkthecorrectmathematicaltermstotherelevantoperations(e.g.sum,difference,equalgroupsorequalsharing)
recognisesituationsinvolvingasingleoperation.

Year3:Space
Inspace,studentsattheminimumstandardgenerallyrecognisebasic2Dshapesandtheirpropertiessuchaslengthofsides,andsizeof
anglesorareas.Theytypicallyrecogniseandvisualisefamiliar2Dshapessuchastriangles,squaresandcircles,andcommon3Dobjects
suchascubes,prisms,cylindersandcones.Theyalsorecognisestandard2Drepresentationsofcommon3Dobjects,lineofsymmetryand
singleturns.Theygenerallyfollowsimpledirectionstofindlocationsongridsandinformalmaps.
Classificationandpropertiesofshapes
Studentstypicallyrecogniseanddescribefamiliar2Dshapesandcommon3Dobjects.Theyidentifythemwithinsketches,diagramsor
photographs.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyfamiliar2Dshapessuchassquares,rectangles,trianglesandcircles
identifyfamiliesofcommon3Dobjectssuchasprisms,cones,cylinders
recognisemodelsand2Ddiagramsofcommon3Dobjects
differentiatebetween2Dshapesand3Dobjects
recogniseanglesinshapes,objectsandinturns
visualisesimpleobjectsmadeofcubes.
Transformations
Studentsrecogniselineofsymmetryinsimple2Dshapes.Theyrecognisesimpletransformationsoffamiliarshapes.Forexample,students
cangenerally:
usefoldingorothertechniquestoidentifyalineofsymmetry
recognisetheeffectofasingleflip,slideorturn
usesymmetryortransformationstocontinuepatterns.
Locationandmovement
Studentsidentifypathwaysandspecificlocationsonsimpleinformalmaps,gridsandplans.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifythekeyfeaturesofsimpleinformalmaps,gridsandplans
usealphanumericcoordinatestolocatepositiononsimplegrids
interpretinformalmapsorgridsoffamiliarenvironments
followdirectionsformovingfromonepointtoanotherusingthelanguageofturns.

Year3:Algebra,functionandpattern
Inalgebra,functionandpattern,studentsattheminimumstandardhaveprealgebraicskillsandconceptsthatrelatemostlytonumbersense.
Theyrelateknownfactstosimplenumbersentencesandnumberpatterns.
Studentsattheminimumstandardcantypicallycompleteadditionorsubtractionnumbersentencesinvolvingsmallnumberscorrectly.They
canmodelfamiliarsituationswithadditionorsubtractionnumbersentences.Studentscanidentifyrelationshipsbetweenconsecutivetermsin
numberpatternswithconstantadditionorsubtractionofsmallnumbers.
Equivalence
Studentsattheminimumstandardlevelrecogniseequivalencesinavarietyofways.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recogniseafamiliarcorrespondencebetweentwosetsofobjects
orderobjectsaccordingtoacommoncriterion
followashortsequenceofinstructions
recogniseanequivalentformofanumberorasimpleexpression
identifythesameattributeinmeasurementorspatialcontexts.

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Patterns
Studentsidentifyandcontinuepatternsandsequencesthatshowincrease,decreaseandrepetition.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recogniseandcontinueanumberpatternwithaconstantadditionorsubtractionofasmallwholenumber
identifythechangebetweenconsecutivetermsinasimplepattern.

Year3:Measurement,chanceanddata
Inmeasurement,chanceanddata,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear3aregenerallyabletovisuallycomparebylengthordered
objectsandtochoosetheinstrumentthatmeasureslength.Studentscanalsocalculateareasorvolumesbycountingwholeunits.Theyare
abletoreadandtellkeytimesondigitalandanalogueclocks.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardrecorddatausingonetoonecorrespondenceandreaddatapresentedinsimpletables,twoway
tablesandpictographswithonetooneoronetotwocorrespondence.
Measures
Studentsidentifyanddistinguishtheattributesofshapesandobjectswithrespecttolength,area,volumeandmass.Theystarttouse
informalunitstocompare,measureandorderasetofobjectsaccordingtoaspecifiedattribute.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
understandthelanguageusedtodescribelengthinfamiliarcontexts
measurelengthusinginformalunits
compareandorderobjectsaccordingtoaspecificattributelength,capacityorarea.
Studentschooseandusestandardmetricunitssuchasmetre,centimetre,litreandkilogram.Theyestimateandcomparemeasurements,
andchooseappropriateinstrumentstomeasuretothenearestunit.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
decidewhethercontainersholdless,aboutthesameormorethanalitre
useinformalunitstoestimatelength,volumeandmassoffamiliarobjects
usesomerelationshipsbetweenstandardunits,e.g.1h=60min,1m=100cm
readwholenumberscaleswithallcalibrationsshown.
Studentsreadtimesanddatesusingclocksandcalendars.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
readhalfandquarterhourtimesonanalogueclocks
readtimeondigitalclocksinhoursandminutes
recognisethetimehalfanhourbeforeorafteragiventime.
Data
Studentsreaddatapresentintalliesandsimpletables.Theymakestatementsaboutfamiliareventsthatarelikelyorunlikelytohappen.For
example,studentscangenerally:
readandinterpretdatapresentedinlists,tallies,tables,pictographs(1:1or1:2correspondence)orsimplecolumngraphsandtwoway
tables
makequalitativejudgementsaboutdatainfrequencytables
identifyvariationofdataintablesandgraphs.

Year3:Workingmathematically
Inworkingmathematically,theemphasisisontheprocessesratherthanstrandspecificcontent.Inworkingmathematically,studentsat
theminimumstandardatYear3cangenerallyrecogniseandrespondtoroutinequestionsaddressingknownfactsinfamiliarcontexts.
Studentsrecallbasicfacts,terms,proceduresorpropertiesofnumbersandrecognisesimpleshapesinfamiliarcontexts.Forexample,
studentscangenerally:
recallnamesoffamiliarshapes,symbolsandnotations
recogniseimagesoffamiliar2Dshapesand3Dobjects,andequivalentformsofwholenumbersandsimplenumbersentences
calculatewithsmallnumbersandcoins
retrieveinformationfromsimpletables,graphsandpictographs
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groupshapes,objectsornumbersaccordingtoacommonattributeorproperty
compareshapesandobjectsbylengths,areasandmasses.
Studentsabilitytoapplyknownproblemsolvingstrategiesandprocedurestosolveroutineproblemsisessentialfortheirprogressandfor
theircognitivedevelopment.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
selectthecorrectoperationoranumbersentenceforagivensituation
compareinformationpresentedinfamiliarforms
interpretsimplediagramsandtables
constructnumbersentencesbyusingknownfacts
followsimpleinstructions
solveroutineproblemsinvolvingoneortwosteps.
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Year5
Year5:Number
Innumber,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear5typicallyunderstandandrecogniserelationshipsbetweennumbersandperform
simplecalculationswiththefouroperations.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardhavedevelopednumbersenseofwholenumberswithuptothreedigits,andusetheunderstanding
ofthefouroperationstosolveroutineproblemsinfamiliarcontexts.Theygenerallyinterpretthesymbolsforcommonfractionsanddecimals,
andtheyaddandsubtractdecimalswiththesamenumberofdecimalplaces.
Wholenumbers
Studentsrecognise,read,compare,andorderwholenumbersuptofourdigits.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisedifferentrepresentationsofawholenumber
useplacevaluetocompare,orderorlocatenumbersonanumberline
multiplyordivideby10or100inplacevaluecontexts.
Fractionsanddecimals
Studentsrecogniseequivalentformsofcommonfractionsandlinkunitfractionstofamiliarsituations.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyanduseequalpartitions,andnametheparts
recognisedifferentrepresentationsofsimplefractions
comparedecimalswiththesamenumberofdecimalplaces
usecommonunitfractionstosolveroutineproblems.
Calculating
Studentsrecalladditionandsubtractionfactswithoneandtwodigitnumbersandlinktoroutinemultiplicationandrelateddivisionfacts.They
addandsubtractwholenumberstohundredsanddecimalfractionswiththesamenumberofdecimalplaces,andmultiplyonedigit
numbers.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recalladditionandsubtractionfactsofsmallnumbers
identifyanduseknownnumberfactstoassistcalculations
multiplysmallwholenumbers
completeoperationswithcoinsandrecordamountsofmoneyindecimals
addorsubtractcommonfractionswiththesamedenominators.
Applyingnumber
Studentsrecognisesituationsthatrequiretheuseofaddition,subtraction,multiplicationordivision.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisetheuseofasingleoperationinfamiliarcontexts
useadditionorsubtractiontosolveroutineproblems
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solveroutineproblemsinvolvingasingleoperation
addorsubtractdecimalsinmoney/measurementcontexts
estimatethevalueofsimplecomputations
linkthefouroperationstoroutinesituations.

Year5:Space
Inspace,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear5identifyfamiliar2Dshapesandrecognisesimplerepresentationsofcommon3Dobjects
thatillustratetheessentialfeatures.
Theygenerallyidentifysymmetricalandnonsymmetricalshapesandrecognisespatialpatternsandtessellations.Theyinterpretconventions
usedinsimplemaps,gridsandplans.
Classificationandpropertiesofshapes
Studentsidentifycommonpropertiesof2Dshapesor3Dobjectsandusethecorrectmathematicaltermstodescribethem.Forexample,
studentscangenerally:
identifyfeaturesofcommonshapesandobjects
summarisefeaturesofgroupsofcommonshapesorobjects
interpretthespatiallanguageusedindescribingcommonshapesandobjects.
Studentsrecognisecommonshapesandobjectspresentedindrawingsanddiagrams.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
interpretdrawingsofshapesorobjectsthatreflectthesizeandsignificantfeatures
recognisedifferentorientationsofashapeordifferentperspectivesofanobject
identifyshapesorobjectswithgivenfeatures
visualisesimpleobjectsmadeofunitcubes.
Transformations
Studentsidentifyshapesanddesignsthataresymmetricalorasymmetrical.Theyrecogniseasingletransformationusedinpatternsor
arrangementsincludingtessellations.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifysymmetricalshapesanddesigns
identifytheresultofasingletransformationofasimpleshape
identifycommonshapesthattessellate.
Locationandmovement
Studentsinterpretkeysymbolsandconventionsusedinmaps,gridsandplans.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
interpretthesymbolsforthekeycompassdirections
linkthefourmajorcompasspointstoaquarter,half,threequartersandafullturn
interpretandfollowdirections.

Year5:Algebra,functionandpattern
Inalgebra,functionandpattern,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear5completenumbersentenceswithwholenumbersinvolving
additionorsubtraction.
Theygenerallyrecognisenumberpatternsinvolvingoneoperationandtheyselectthecorrectruleusedinagivenpattern.
Relationships
Studentsrecognisenumberrelationshipsinfamiliarcontexts.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyafamiliarcriterionusedinarrangingandsortingshapesorobjects
recogniseanddescribesimplerelationships
usesimpletablesorgraphstopredictchange.
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Studentsmakelinksbetweenarithmeticoperationsbasedonfamiliarproperties.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
makelinksbetweenroutinemultiplicationanddivisionfacts
useknownfactstoworkoutrelatedcalculations
makechangestocomputationsthatmaintainequivalence.
Equivalence
Studentssolvesimplenumbersentencesarisingfromfamiliarsituations.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisethenumbersentencethatmatchesafamiliarsituation
recogniseequivalenceinfamiliarcontexts(e.g.balancescales)
solveonestepnumbersentencesinvolvingsimplecalculations.
Patterns
Studentsrecogniseanddescribenumericalandspatialpatterns.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisedifferentrepresentationsofthesamepattern
recogniseasinglerelationshipbetweenconsecutiveterms
continuenumberpatternsrequiringonestepcalculations.

Year5:Measurement,chanceanddata
Inmeasurement,chanceanddata,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear5usestandardunitssuchascentimetresandmetresto
measurelengths,gramsandkilogramstomeasuremass,andlitrestomeasurecapacity.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardidentifythepossibleoutcomesforfamiliareventsandmakepredictions.Theyreaddataintablesand
simplegraphs,andchecksimplestatements.
Measures
Studentscompare,measure,andorderlengths,areas,volumes,anglesandmassesselectingandusingsuitablestandardunitsand
appropriatemeasuringinstrumentsandscales.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
choosetheappropriateattributetocompareobjects
measureandcompareareasofshapesongridscountingwholeandhalfunits
measureandcomparevolumescountinginformalunits
arrangemeasurementsinorderofmagnitude
makereasonableestimatesofaquantityusingknownmeasures.
Studentsrecognisedifferentrecordingsofmetricmeasures.Theyunderstandrelationshipsbetweenperimetersoffamiliarshapesandthe
lengthsoftheirsides.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
readmeasuresfromsimplewholeunitscales.
Studentsreadtimesondigitalclocksandkeytimesonanalogueclocks,andtheycalculatedurationsofspecificevents.Studentsuse
calendarsandsimpletimetablesandtimelinestosequenceevents.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recognisekeytimesonanalogueclocksandreadtimesondigitalclocks
identifyequivalentformsofsayingandrecordingakeytime
usecalendarsandtimetablestoseekspecificinformation.
Data
Studentsidentifythepossibleoutcomesforfamiliareventsandpredicttheircomparativelikelihood.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
makepredictionsbasedondata.
Studentsreaddatapresentedintables,bargraphsandsimpletwowaytablesandmakesimpleinterpretations.Forexample,studentscan
generally:
readtabularandgraphicaldisplaysinvolvingsimplewholenumberscales
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checkstatementsorpredictionsagainstdata
identifyvariationwithinasetofdata.

Year5:Workingmathematically
Inworkingmathematically,theemphasisisontheprocessesratherthanstrandspecificcontent.Inworkingmathematically,studentsat
theminimumstandardatYear5cangenerallyrecogniseandrespondtoroutinequestionsinvolvingknownfactsinfamiliarcontexts.
Studentsattheminimumstandardrecallnumberfacts,terms,propertiesofcommonshapesandrecognisecommonobjectsinsimple
diagrams.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recallpropertiesofnumbers,commonfractions,measures,familiarshapesandobjects
recognisediagramsofcommonshapesandobjects,equivalentformsofwholenumbers,commonfractions,decimalsandsimple
expressions
calculatewithwholenumbers,commonfractionswiththesamedenominatorsanddecimals
readandinterpretinformationfromwholenumberscales,tables,simplegraphsandpictographs(onetooneoronetotwo
correspondence)
measurelength,area,massandcapacityusingstandardunits
groupshapes,objectsornumbersaccordingtoafamiliarattribute.
Studentsattheminimumstandardapplysimplestrategiestosolveroutineproblems.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
selectthecorrectoperationorthemissingnumberinanumbersentence
constructandcompletenumbersentenceinvolvingoneoperation
interpretasituationpresentedindiagrams,tablesorsimplegraphs
followsimpleinstructionsandprocedures
analysepatternstoidentifytherule
solveroutineproblemsinfamiliarcontexts.
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Year7
Year7:Number
InnumberstudentsattheminimumstandardatYear7identify,represent,compareandorderintegersandcommonfractionsusingavariety
ofmethods.Theyperformcalculationsusingallfouroperations(addition,subtraction,multiplicationanddivision),bothwithandwithoutthe
accesstoacalculator.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardcansolveroutineproblemsinvolvingsimpleratesandproportions,andtheycanusestrategiesto
formreasonableestimations.
Rationalnumbers
Studentsrepresent,describeandorderintegers,commonfractionsanddecimals.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
orderandlocateintegers,mixednumbersorcommonfractionsonasuitablyscalednumberline
recalldecimalequivalenceofcommonfractions
recognisedifferentrepresentationsofacommonfraction.
Calculating
Studentsusementalandwrittenmethodswithaddition,subtraction,multiplicationanddivision.Theyuseacalculatortoassistwithmore
complexcalculations.
Forexample,studentscangenerally:
solvesimpleproblemsinfamiliarcontextsinvolvingadditionorsubtractionofintegers
useknowledgeofplacevaluetomultiplyanddividedecimalsby10and100
performcalculationsinvolvingkeypercentagesoradditionandsubtractionofdecimalnumberswiththesamenumberofdecimal
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places.
Applyingnumber
Studentsformestimatesandmakeapproximations.Theyinterpretandsolvepracticalproblemsusingappropriateoperations.Forexample,
studentscangenerally:
roundsevendigitnumberstothenearestthousand
solvesimplerateproblemsinvolvingtimeanddistance
selectanappropriateapproximationtoacalculationinvolvingmoney
interpretandsolvepracticalproblemsinvolvingdivision,withaccesstoacalculator.

Year7:Space
InspacestudentsattheminimumstandardatYear7identify,describeandclassifycommon2Dshapesand3Dobjects.Theyrecogniselines
ofsymmetryofirregularshapes.
Students,meetingtheminimumstandard,canreadandinterpretmapsandplansandtheyusecompasspointstofollowdirectionsandfind
locations.
Classificationandpropertiesofshapes
Studentsidentify,describeandclassify2Dshapesand3Dobjects.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifycommon2Dshapesthathavespecificproperties.
Transformations
Studentsrecognisesymmetryandcongruencein2Dshapes.Theyvisualisesimpletranslationsofobjectsinspace.Forexample,students
cangenerally:
identifyanincreaseoradecreaseofashapeorobject
identifylinesofsymmetryinregularandirregularshapes
visualisepossibleresultsofjoiningobjectsmadefromcubes.
Locationandmovement
Studentsinterpretmapsandplansusingcompasspointsanddirections.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
locateanddescribepositionsonmapsorplansusingthemajorcompasspoints
interpretwholenumberscalestoestimaterealdistancebetweenobjects
followdirectionsoninformalandformalmapsusingcompasspoints(includingNENWSESW).

Year7:Algebra,functionandpattern
Inalgebra,functionandpattern,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear7begintorecogniseandinterpretsimplealgebraicrelationships.
Theycanmodelfamiliarsituationswithinformallinearequationsandnumbersentences.
Students,meetingtheminimumstandard,canusevisualimagestoidentifyattributesofequivalence,andcontinueanddescribelinearand
simplenonlinearnumberpatterns.
Relationships
Studentsrecognisesimplerelationshipspresentedvisuallyasmodelsornumericallyintables.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recogniseandextendalinearrelationshipinapracticalcontext
constructandinterprettablesandgraphsofsimplefunctions
usethelinksbetweenthefouroperationsinfamiliarcontexts.
Equivalence

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Studentssolvesimplewordedproblemsandnumbersentences.Theycanrecogniseandcompleteequivalencesmodelledvisually.Students
begintoidentifyinequalitiesinvolvingtheuseofminimum(atleast)ormaximum(atmost).Forexample,studentscangenerally:
findthesmallestnumberwhichsatisfiesasimplewordedprobleminafamiliarcontext
createandsolvenumbersentenceswithaccesstoacalculator.
Patterns
Studentsrecogniseandcontinuelinearandsimplenonlinearpatternspresentedasmodelsorintables.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
findthenextterminasimplenonlinearpatternpresentedvisuallyorinatableorasasequence
recogniseandextendsimplenumberpatternstomakepredictionsortofindsubsequentterms.

Year7:Measurement,chanceanddata
Inmeasurement,chanceanddata,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear7usebothformalandinformalmethodstomeasureand
comparelengths,areas,volumesorangles.Theyidentifyanduserelationshipsbetweenstandardunitsandreadandrecordmeasurements
fromsimplescales.Studentscanreadandcompare12hourand24hourtimedisplays,andtheycalculateelapsedtime.
Students,meetingtheminimumstandard,canidentifymore/less/equallylikelyeventsandcalculatesimplenumericalprobabilities.Theyread
andinterpretdatapresentedingraphsandtables.
Measures
Studentsmeasureandcomparelengths,areas,volumesandangles.Theyreadcalibratedscales,andmakeconversionsbetweenmetric
units.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
readtimeonanalogueanddigitalclocksusing12and24hourtime.
Chanceanddata
Studentsidentifymore/less/equallylikelyeventsandcalculateprobabilitiesinsimplefamiliarcontexts.Theyuseandinterpretarangeof
graphsandtables.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
linkdifferentrepresentationsofthesamedata
readandinterpretdatainatwowaytable.

Year7:Workingmathematically
Inworkingmathematically,theemphasisisontheprocessesratherthanstrandspecificcontent.Inworkingmathematicallystudentsat
theminimumstandardatYear7cangenerallyrecallknownnumberfacts,proceduresandpropertiesofwholerationalnumbers.Theycan
solveroutinequestionsinfamiliarcontextsusingknownproblemsolvingstrategies.
Studentsrecallknownnumberfacts,conceptsandprocedures.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recallpropertiesofwholenumbers,fractions,decimalsandcommon2Dshapes
recogniseequivalentformsofcommonfractionsandnumbersentences
calculatewithwholenumbers,decimalsandkeypercentagesusingwrittenmethods
readandinterpretinformationfromtables,lists,pictographsandarangeofgraphs
groupshapes,objectsornumbersaccordingtoacommonproperty.
Students'abilitytoapplyknownproblemsolvingstrategiesandprocedurestosolveroutineproblemsisessentialforthestudents'
progress.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
selectthecorrectsetofoperationsorrelationshipsforagivensituation
representsituationsusingtables,graphs,informalnumbersentences,etc.
constructnumbersentencesinvolvingatleasttwooperationsforasituation
followasequenceofmathematicsoperations,instructionsandprocedures
recogniseandextendnumberpatterns
solveroutineproblemsinvolvingthefouroperations,withorwithoutaccesstoacalculator.
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Year9
Year9:Number
Innumber,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear9identify,compareandorderintegers,decimals,keypercentagesandcommon
fractions.Theycanidentifyequivalentrepresentationsofcommonfractions,keypercentagesanddecimals.
Students,meetingtheminimumstandard,canapplycommonstrategiestocalculatesimpleproportions,percentagesandsimpleratesusedin
familiarpracticalsituations.Theycanusecommonmethodstoformestimatesandapproximationsofrationalandirrationalnumbersand
simpleexpressions.
Rationalandirrationalnumbers
Studentsidentifyandrepresentrationalandsomeirrationalnumbersandcompareandordertheminrespecttotheirproperties.Forexample,
studentscangenerally:
identifyarationalexpressionwiththesamevalueasagivenfraction
identifyrangewithinwhichthesquarerootofathreedigitnumberlies
identifytherationalnumberthatisasolutiontoaroutinewordproblem,withaccesstoacalculator
compareandorderrationalandirrationalnumbers,withaccesstoacalculator.
Calculating
Studentscalculatewithfouroperationsusingintegers,keypercentages,decimalsandcommonfractions.Forexample,studentscan
generally:
solveaprobleminvolvingadditionandsubtractionofdecimalnumberswithdifferentnumberofdecimalplaces
usesimpleratiosinfamiliarpracticalsituations
identifysolutionsofmultistepwordproblemsinvolvingcommonfractionsorkeypercentages.
Applyingnumber
Studentscalculateproportions,keypercentagesandsimpleratesinvolvingmoney,timeandmeasurements.Forexample,studentscan
generally:
solveawordprobleminvolvingfractions
solveroutineproblemsinvolvingsimpleratios.
Studentscanformestimatesandapproximations.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
formestimatesandapproximationsofrationalandirrationalnumbersandsimpleexpressions
interpretandjustifythereasonsformakingestimatesandapproximations.

Year9:Space
Inspace,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear9canidentify,describeandclassifycommon2Dshapesand3Dobjects.Studentscan
recognisesymmetryandcongruenceandrelatethemtotransformationsandpatterns.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardcaninterpretandusemapstospecifylocationsandmovements.
Classificationandpropertiesofshapes
Studentscanclassify2Dshapesand3Dobjectsaccordingtocommonpropertiesincludingangles,sides,perimeters,areasandsurface.For
example,studentscangenerally:
visualisenetsofprismsorpyramids
identifythenetofacubeusingcriteriaaboutoppositefaces
interpret2Drepresentationsof3Dobjectsmadefromcubesandcalculatetheirsurfacearea.

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Transformations
Studentscanrecognisesymmetryandcongruenceandrelatethesetotransformationsandpatterns.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifypointsandlinesofsymmetryincomplex2Dshapesandspecifytheseintermsofreflection,centreofrotationandangleof
rotation
identifylinesandplanesofsymmetryofcommon2Dshapesand3Dobjects
useandmodifycongruentshapestoproducetessellations.
Locationandmovement
Studentscaninterpretandusemapsandplanstospecifylocationsandfollowdirectionstomovefromonelocationtoanother.Forexample,
studentscangenerally:
usealphanumericcoordinatestospecifylocationsonmaps
identifyandusewholenumberscales
followinstructionsformovingfromonelocationtoanother,withreferencetodistances,directionsandangles.

Year9:Algebra,functionandpattern
Inalgebra,functionandpattern,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear9canrecogniserelationshipsandevaluatesimplealgebraic
expressionstoestablishequivalences.Theycanconstructtablesofvaluesforfunctionsfollowingorusingsimplerulesandgraphthe
correspondingsetoforderedpairs.
Students,meetingtheminimumstandard,canidentifyandcontinuepatternsandpredictfuturerepresentationsinpatterns.
Relationships
Studentscanconstructtablesofvaluesoffunctionsgivenbysimplerules.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifythelinearrulethatgeneratesaspecificpattern
identifythegraphofasimplenonlinearfunctiongivenatableofvalues
readandinterpretarangeofgraphs.
Equivalence
Studentscanevaluatesimplealgebraicexpressions.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
evaluatesimplealgebraicexpressionswithonevariable
identifysolutionofsimpleformalandinformallinearequations,unknownononesideonly.
Studentscanestablishequivalencebetweenalgebraicexpressions.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyequivalentformsofsimplealgebraicexpressions.
Patterns
Studentscanidentifyandcontinuepatterns,andmakepredictionsoffuturerepresentationsinpatterns.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyandcontinueanumberpatternfromagivendiagramoratableofvalues
identifyfutureterminvisualrepresentationoflinearpattern.

Year9:Measurement,chanceanddata
Inmeasurement,chanceanddata,studentsattheminimumstandardatYear9canuseSIunitstomeasureandcompare,andtheycan
applysimplemeasurementformulaeinfamiliarpracticalsituations.
Studentsmeetingtheminimumstandardcaninterpretempiricalestimatesofprobabilitiesandcomparetheoreticalprobabilitieswithsample
data.Theycansummarisesampledatafromapopulationandmakeinformalinferencesinresponsetoquestionsandhypotheses.
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StudentscanuseSIunitstomeasureandcomparelengths,areas,surfacesareas,volumes,angles,masses,timesandtemperatures.They
canapplymeasurementformulaeandusetheminfamiliarpracticalsituations.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
findvalueofmissingangleinatriangle,withaccesstoacalculator.
Chance
Studentscanmakeandinterpretempiricalestimatesofprobabilitiesinfamiliarsituationsandcomparetheoreticalprobabilitiestodata
obtainedfromtrials.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
identifyprobability(expressedasfraction)offamiliarrandomevent.
Data
Studentscanrepresentandsummarisesampledatafromagivenpopulationandcanusedatatomakeinferences.Forexample,students
cangenerally:
calculatetheaverage(mean)ofasetofdata
interpretdatapresentedinasimplebivariategraph
interpretvariationbetweensetsofdataandtheeffectsofvariation.

Year9:Workingmathematically
Inworkingmathematically,theemphasisisontheprocessesratherthanstrandspecificcontent.Inworkingmathematicallystudentsat
theminimumstandardatYear9cangenerallyrecallknownfacts,proceduresandpropertiesofrationalnumbersandsolveroutinequestions
infamiliarcontexts.
Studentsrecallknownfacts,proceduresorpropertiesofrationalnumbersandinterpretandusediagramsincorporatingfeaturesof2Dshapes
and3Dobjects.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
recallkeyconcepts,propertiesofnumbersandfiguresandsymbolicorspecificnotations(e.g.ab=ab,a+a+a=3a)
interpretdiagramsshowingfeaturesof2Dshapesand3Dobjects
calculatewithwholenumbers,fractions,decimalsandintegersusingthefouroperationsandapproximatenumberstoestimate
computations
carryoutroutinealgebraicprocedures
readandinterpretgraphs,tablesorothersources,readandusesimplewholenumberscales
measurelengths,areas,volumes,masses,time,surfaceareasofbasicshapesandobjects
grouporordernumbersorobjectsbyagivenattributeorproperty.
Studentsabilitytoapplyknownproblemsolvingstrategiesandprocedurestosolveroutineproblemsisessentialfortheirprogressandfor
theircognitivedevelopment.Forexample,studentscangenerally:
chooseappropriatesetofoperationsorastrategyforsolvingroutineproblems
representandinterpretdatainfamiliartabularandgraphicalforms
modelafamiliarsituationwithadiagramoranequation
draworidentifycommonfiguresandshapes,givenspecifications
solveroutineproblems.
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