YEAR 9 CHECKPOINT CURRICULUM

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STAGE 7
1. NUMBER  Integers, powers and roots
- Recognize negative numbers as positions on a number line, and order, add and
subtract positive and negative integers
- Recognize multiples, factors, common factors, primes (all less than 100
- Recognise squares of whole numbers and the corresponding square roots
 Place value, ordering and rounding
- Interpret decimal notation and place value; multiply and
divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 or 1000
- Order decimals including measurements
- Round whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
 Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion
- Recognize the equivalence of simple fractions, decimals and percentages
- simplify fractions by cancelling common factors and identify equivalent
fractions; change an improper fraction to a mixed number, and vice versa
-Compare two fractions by using diagrams, or by using a calculator
- Add and subtract two simple fraction
- use fractions and percentages to describe parts of shapes
- Calculate simple percentages of quantities (whole number answers
- Use percentages to represent and compare different quantities
- simplify ratios and divide a quantity into two parts in a given ratio
- Recognise the relationship between ratio and proportion
- solve simple problems involving ratio and direct proportion
 Calculation
- multiplication facts to 10 × 10 and associated division facts
- Use known facts and place value to multiply and divide two-digit numbers by a
single-digit number
- Know and apply tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 100
- Use known facts and place value to multiply simple decimals by one-digit number
- Calculate simple fractions and percentages of quantities
- Use the laws of arithmetic and inverse operations to simplify calculations
- Use the order of operations, including brackets, to work out simple calculation
- Add and subtract integers and decimals, including numbers with different d. p.
- Multiply and divide decimals with one and/or two places by single-digit numbers
- Know that in any division where the dividend is not a multiple of the divisor there
will be a remainder
- Know when to round up or down after division when the context requires a whole-
number answer
2. ALGEBRA  Expressions, equations and formulae
- Use letters to represent unknown numbers or variables; know the meanings of the
words term, expression and equation
- Know that algebraic operations follow the same order as arithmetic operations
- Construct simple algebraic expressions by using letters to represent numbers
- Simplify linear expressions, e.g. collect like terms; multiply a constant over a bracket
- Derive and use simple formulae, e.g. to change hours to minutes
- Substitute positive integers into simple linear expressions/formulae
- Construct and solve simple linear equations with integer coefficients
 Sequences, functions and graphs
- Generate terms of an integer sequence and find a term given its position in the
sequence; find simple term-to-term rules
- Generate sequences from spatial patterns and describe the general term,
- Represent simple functions using words, symbols and mappings
- Generate coordinate pairs that satisfy a linear equation, where y is given explicitly in
terms of x. recognise straight-line graphs parallel to the x- or y-axis
3.  Shapes and geometric reasoning
GEOMETRY - Identify, describe, visualise and draw 2D shapes in different orientations
- Use the notation and labelling conventions for points, lines, angles and shapes
 - Name and identify side, angle and symmetry properties of special quadrilaterals and
triangles
- Estimate the size of acute, obtuse and reflex angles to the nearest 10°
- Start to recognise the angular connections between parallel lines, perpendicular
lines and transversals
- Calculate the sum of angles at a point, on a straight line and in a triangle
- Solve simple geometrical problems by using side and angle properties to identify equal
lengths
- Recognise and describe common solids and some of their propertie
- Recognise line and rotation symmetry in 2D shapes and patterns; draw lines of
symmetry
- Use a ruler, set square and protractor to construct
 Position and movement
- Read and plot coordinates of points determined by geometric information
- Transform 2D points and shapes by reflection, rotation and translation.
4. MEASURE  Length, mass and capacity
- Choose suitable units of measurement to estimate, measure, calculate and solve
problems
- Know abbreviations for and relationships between metric units
- Read the scales on a range of analogue and digital measuring instruments
 Time and rates of change
- Draw and interpret graphs in real life contexts e.g. travel graphs
- Know the relationships between units of time
 Area, perimeter and volume
- Know the abbreviations for and relationships between (m2), (cm2), (mm2)
- Derive and use formulae for the area and perimeter of a rectangle; calculate the
perimeter and area of compound shapes made from rectangles
- Derive and use the formula for the volume of a cuboid; calculate volumes of cuboids
- Calculate the surface area of cubes and cuboids from their nets
5. HANDLING DATA  Planning and collecting data
- Decide which data would be relevant to an enquiry and collect and organise the data
- Design and use a data collection sheet or questionnaire for a simple
survey
- Construct and use frequency tables to gather discrete data, grouped
 Processing and presenting data
- Find the mode (or modal class for grouped data), median and range
- Calculate the mean, including from a simple frequency table
- Draw and interpret bar-line graphs and bar charts, frequency
diagrams for grouped discrete data, simple pie charts, pictograms
 Interpreting and discussing results
- Draw conclusions based on the shape of graphs and simple statistics
- Compare two simple distributions using the range and the mode, median or mean
 Probability
- Use the language of probability to describe and interpret results involving likelihood
and chance
- Understand and use the probability scale from 0 to 1
- Find probabilities based on equally likely outcomes in simple contexts
- Identify all the possible mutually exclusive outcomes of a single event
- Use experimental data to estimate probabilities
- Compare experimental and theoretical probabilities in simple contexts
6. PROBLEM SOLV
 Using techniques and skills in solving mathematical
problems

- Use the laws of arithmetic and inverse operations to simplify

calculations with whole numbers and decimals

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 Integers, powers and roots
 Place value, ordering and rounding
 Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion
 Calculation