Edexcel Primary curriculum Mathematics Grade 6 Arithmetic S.no Topics Levels 1 Read and write whole numbers in words and figures. Low(P1) 2 Add and subtract mentally pairs of 2-digit numbers. Low(P1) 3 Understand negative numbers as positions on a number line. Low(P1) 4 Calculate a rise and fall in temperature. Low(P1) 5 Know what each digit represents in numbers with up to two decimal places. (P2) 6 Order, add and subtract positive and negative numbers in Context. (P2) 7 Make estimates and approximations of simple calculations. (P2) 8 Develop calculator skills and use a calculator effectively. (P2) 9 Use BODMAS (including brackets) (P2) 10 Know multiplication facts up to 10 10 (P2) 11 Multiply and divide any integer by a single digit. (P2) 12 Round a number to the nearest 10, 100, 1000. (P2) 13 Round to the nearest integer and to one decimal place. (P2) 14 Use rounding to estimate answers to simple questions. (P2) 17 Round positive numbers to any power of 10. 18 Carry out calculations involving brackets, square and square root. (P3) 19 Use BODMAS including indices. 20 Multiply and divide integers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000 21 Multiply and divide three-digit by two-digit whole numbers; extend to dividing decimals with one or two places by single digit whole numbers 22 Multiply decimals with one or two places by single-digit whole numbers; understand where to position the decimal point by considering equivalent calculations 23 Numbers 1 Find factors of numbers; use simple tests for divisibility Low(P1) 2 Recognise multiples up to 10 10. (P2) 3 Find common factors (P2) 4 Know square numbers to at least 10 10 (P2) 5 Identify prime numbers. (P2) 6 Find the HCF of two numbers 7 Find the LCM of two numbers Fractions and decimals 1 Use decimal notation for tenths and hundredths Low(P1) 2 Recognise when two simple fractions are equivalent Low(P1) 3 Find a simple fraction of a quantity Low 4 Compare and order decimals
5 Use fraction notation to describe part of a shape 6 Change an improper fraction to a mixed number 7 Use a diagram to compare two or more simple fractions 8 Simplify fractions by cancelling all common factors 9 Add and subtract fractions with a common denominator 10 Calculate fractions of quantities and measurement (whole number and fraction answers 11 Multiply a fraction by an integer 12 Convert decimals to fractions 13 Convert fractions to decimals and percentages Percentage 1 Understand percentages as the number of parts per 100 (P2) 2 Recognise the equivalence of percentages, fractions and decimals (P2) 3 Find simple percentages (e.g. 10%, 5%, 20%, 75%) (P2) 4 Carry out mental calculations using percentages (P2) 5 Find percentages of quantities 6 Use percentages to compare proportions 7 Express one quantity as a percentage of another Ratio 1 Solve simple ratio problems Low(P1) 2 Divide a quantity into two parts in a given (worded) ratio (P2) 3 Use direct proportion in simple context 4 Reduce a ratio to its simplest form (p2) 5 Divide a quantity into two parts in a given ratio (p2) 6 Understand the relationship between ratio and proportion 7 Use the unitary method to solve word problems Expressions and formulae 1 Use letter symbols to represent unknown numbers or variables (p3) 2 Write down a simple expression (p3) 3 Derive simple formulae 4 Substitute positive integers into expressions and simple formulae Manipulations 1 Simplify expressions by collecting like terms 2 Multiply a single term over a bracket (integer coefficients) 3 Expand brackets in simple expressions Equations 1 Solve simple equations using symbols Low 2 Form simple equations 3 Solve simple two-step equations with an unknown on one side only
Sequences 1 Recognise and extend number sequences formed by counting on from any number in steps of constant size, extending beyond zero when counting back 2 Describe simple integer sequences 3 Generate terms of a simple sequence, given a rule (e.g. finding a term from the previous term, finding a term given its position in the sequence) 4 Generate terms of a linear sequence using term-to-term and position-to-term definitions of the sequence 5 Begin to use linear expressions to describe the nth term of an arithmetic sequence Coordinates 1 Plot and read coordinates in the first quadrant 2 Plot and read coordinates in all four quadrants 3 Find coordinates of points determined by geometric information Functions and graphs 1 Find outputs from simple functions 2 Find inputs of functions using a function machine 3 Express simple functions in words then using symbols and as mappings expressed algebraically 4 Generate coordinate pairs that satisfy a simple linear rule, plot the graphs of simple linear functions, where y is given specifically in terms of x 5 Recognise straight line graphs parallel to the x-axis or y-axis 6 Plot and use real-life graphs Measurements and units 1 Read measurements from different scales Low 2 Estimate readings from scales Low 3 Read and interpret scales on a rang of measuring instruments 4 Measure lines to the nearest millimetre Low 5 Draw lines to the nearest millimetre 6 Choose a suitable unit for a measurement of area 7 Use, read and write standard metric units of length, mass and capacity 8 Know that when comparing measures they must be in the same units 9 Convert between metric units 10 Use names and abbreviations of measurement to measure, estimate, calculate and solve problems in everyday contexts, involving length, area, mass, capacity and time Low Angles 1 Use names and abbreviations of measurement to measure, estimate, calculate and solve problems in everyday contexts, involving length, area, mass, capacity and time Low(p1)
2 Measure acute angles Low(P1) 3 Distinguish between acute, obtuse and reflex angles (P2) 4 Estimate the size of angles (P2) 5 Measure obtuse and reflex angles (P2) 6 Draw acute, obtuse and reflex angles (p2) 7 Use correctly the vocabulary, notation and labelling conventions for lines, angles and shapes (P2 8 Identify parallel and perpendicular lines (P2 9 Know and use the sum of angles at a point, on a straight line and in a triangle, and recognise vertically opposite angles (P2 10 Recognise and name quadrilaterals; begin to classify quadrilaterals by their geometric properties 11 Know and use the sum of the angles in a triangle 12 Use a ruler and protractor to construct a triangle given two sides and the included angle or two angles and the included side 13 Solve geometric problems using side and angle properties of equilateral, isosceles and right-angled triangles and special quadrilaterals Transformations 1 Recognise reflectional symmetry Low(P1) 2 Recognise where a stage will be after reflection or translation Low(P1) 3 Understand and describe translations (P2) 4 Reflect a shape in a mirror line or on a coordinate grid (P2) 5 Recognise rotational symmetry (P2) 6 Understand and describe rotations 7 Transform shapes by simple combinations of transformations Perimeter and area 1 Measure perimeters accurately Low(P1) 2 Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle, shapes made from rectangles and regular polygons (P2) 3 Find area by counting squares (P2) 4 Solve problems using perimeter 5 Know and use the formula to calculate the area of a rectangle 6 Calculate the area of shapes made from rectangles 7 Calculate the surface area of cubes 8 Use nets to calculate the surface area of simple cuboids 2-D representations 1 Identify different nets for an open cube Low(P1) 2 Identify a net for a closed cube (P2) 3 Visualise 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings (P2) 4 Construct simple nets e.g. cuboid, regular tetrahedron, square-based pyramid, triangular prism
Statistics 1 Design a data collection sheet (P2) 2 Construct a frequency table for discrete data (P2) 3 Select the sample size to use when collecting data 4 Construct a grouped frequency table for discrete data 5 Construct a simple frequency table for continuous data Charts and diagrams 1 Construct and interpret pictograms Low(P1) 2 Construct and interpret bar charts (P2) 3 Construct and interpret bar line graphs (P2) 4 Construct and interpret dual bar charts and composite bar charts (P2) 5 Interpret and construct pie charts P3 6 Draw conclusions from the shapes of line graphs P3 Using statistics 1 Find the most common item P1 2 Find the mode and range for small data sets P2 3 Find the mean and median for small data sets P3 4 Find the mean from an ungrouped frequency table P3 5 Compare distributions using the range and mode or P3 median or mean Probability 1 Use the vocabulary of probability P2 2 Understand and use a probability scale from 0 to 1 P2 3 Find the probabilities of equally likely outcomes P3 4 Know that if the probability of an event happening is p P3 then the probability that it will not happen is 1 p 5 List all the outcomes when one or two events happen P3 6 Collect data from a simple experiment and record in a P3 frequency table; estimate probabilities based on this data Overview of assessment: ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Section A consists of 20 multiple-choice questions. Section B consists of 40 marks of short-answer questions. The test duration is 1 hour. Levels of attainment and weightings
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