Maths - Relevant Topics Needed for Entering Year 1

(are done in primary school)

Recourses:
Please find information on the last page of this document.

Numbers and Basic skills

1. Natural Numbers

Place Value System (Ones, Tens, Hundreds, …)

Knowing the place value of digits of natural numbers
Placing numbers on the number ray
Relations between natural numbers (>, <, =, ≠)
Rounding numbers to tens, hundreds and thousands

2. Calculations with Natural Numbers

Knowing the multiplications tables

Adding and subtracting natural numbers
Multiplying natural numbers by two-digit numbers
Division by one-digit and two-digit numbers with and without remainder
Carrying out checks using inverse operations
Reading and writing of fractions
Fractions: Dividing into halves, fourths and eights

3. Units of Measurement, Mass and Time

Converting units of
length (𝑚𝑚 − 𝑐𝑚 − 𝑑𝑚 − 𝑚 − 𝑘𝑚)
mass(𝑔 − 𝑑𝑎𝑔 − 𝑘𝑔 − 𝑡)
time (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 − 𝑚𝑖𝑛 − ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 − 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠)
Point of time, length of time

Geometry

4. Square and Rectangle

Properties and construction of squares and rectangles

Calculating the perimeter of a square and a rectangle
Calculating the area of a square and a rectangle
Converting units of area
Finding the area and perimeter of composite figures
Maths - Relevant Topics Needed for Entering Year 2
(are done in year 1)
Recourses:
Please find information on the last page of this document.

Numbers and Basic Skills

1. Natural Numbers

Place value of natural numbers

Rounding off natural numbers
Ordering natural numbers on the number line

2. Calculations with Natural Numbers

Adding and subtracting natural numbers

Multiplying natural numbers
- by one-digit numbers
- by 10, 100, 1000, …
- by two and more digit numbers
Dividing natural numbers
- by a one-digit number
- by 10, 100, 1000, …
- by two and three-digit numbers
Order of operation – BODMAS

3. Decimal Numbers

Rounding off decimals, ordering and comparing decimals

Adding and subtracting decimals
Multiplying and dividing decimals
- By a whole number
- By 10, 100, 1000, …
- By a decimal number
Order of operation - BODMAS

4. Fractions

Exploring fractions
Comparing and ordering fractions
Expanding and simplifying fractions
5. Units of Measurement, Mass and Time

Converting units of
length (𝑚𝑚 − 𝑐𝑚 − 𝑑𝑚 − 𝑚 − 𝑘𝑚)
mass(𝑔 − 𝑑𝑎𝑔 − 𝑘𝑔 − 𝑡)
time (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 − 𝑚𝑖𝑛 − ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 − 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠)
Point of time, length of time

6. Equations

Inverse operations
Solving one-step equations and simple two-step equations

Geometry

7. Geometry Basics

Lines, rays and distances

Parallel and perpendicular lines
Angles: naming angles, types of angles, measuring the size of an angle, drawing angles

8. Square and Rectangle

Properties and construction of squares and rectangles

Calculating the perimeter of a square and a rectangle
Calculating the area of a square and a rectangle
Converting units of area
Finding the area and perimeter of composite figures

9. Cube and Cuboid

Cube and cuboid – corners, faces and edges

Calculating the volume of cubes and cuboids
Using nets of solids to work out the surface area of cubes and cuboids
Converting units of area and volume
Maths - Relevant Topics Needed for Entering Year 3
(are done in year 2)

Recourses:
Please find information on the last page of this document.

Numbers and Basic skills

1. Fractions and Decimals

Calculations with decimals – adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing - BODMAS

Finding equivalent fractions and decimals
Converting fractions to decimals
Expanding and simplifying fractions
Finding fractions of a quantity
Adding and subtracting fractions
Multiplying and dividing fractions
Order of operations – BODMAS

2. Percentages

Percentages, fractions and decimals

Calculating percentages
Percentage increases and decreases
Practical examples

3. Equations

Solving one-step and two-step equations

Rearranging formulas

4. Units of Measurement, Mass and Time

Converting units of
length (𝑚𝑚 − 𝑐𝑚 − 𝑑𝑚 − 𝑚 − 𝑘𝑚)
mass(𝑔 − 𝑑𝑎𝑔 − 𝑘𝑔 − 𝑡)
time (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 − 𝑚𝑖𝑛 − ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 − 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠)
 Geometry

5. Lines and Angles

Plotting parallel and perpendicular lines

Labelling and estimating angles
Drawing and measuring angles

6. The Cartesian Coordinate System

Plotting points into a coordinate system

7. Triangles

Classifying triangles, angle sum in a triangle

Constructing triangles
Isosceles triangles, equilateral triangles and right-angled triangles
Calculating the area of right-angled triangles

8. Quadrilaterals

Revision rectangle and square, perimeter and area of rectangles and squares
Classifying quadrilaterals - rhombus, parallelogram, trapezium and kite

9. Solids (Cube, Cuboid and Triangular Prisms)

Drawing nets of solids

Using nets of solids to work out surface area
Calculating the volume of solids
Converting units of volume
Maths - Relevant Topics Needed for Entering Year 4
(are done in year 3)

Recourses:
Please find information on the last page of this document.

Number, Pattern and Function

1. Integers – Whole Numbers

Properties of whole numbers

Adding and subtracting integers
Multiplying and dividing integers
Order of operation - BODMAS

2. Rational Numbers

Representing rational numbers on the number line, ordering rational numbers

Calculations with rational numbers – adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing – BODMAS

3. Powers

Index notation – even and odd indices

Indices and the index laws
- Multiplying and dividing powers with the same base
- Finding the power of a power

4. Percentages

Percentages, fractions and decimals

Calculating percentage, percentage increase and decrease
Practical examples

5. Patterns and Algebra

Describing number patterns, substitution

Simplifying algebraic expressions
- Adding and subtracting like terms e.g. 𝑎 + 2𝑎 + 𝑎, 3𝑎! − 2𝑎! , ….
- Multiplying and dividing algebraic expressions e.g. 2𝑎! × 𝑎" , 𝑏³ ÷ 3𝑏², ….
- Finding the power of a power e.g. (2𝑎! 𝑏)" , ….
- Expanding brackets e.g. 𝑎(𝑎 + 𝑏) , − 𝑎(𝑎 + 𝑏), (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑐 + 𝑑)
- Binomial formulas (𝑎 + 𝑏)! , (𝑎 − 𝑏)! , (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
- Factorizing algebraic expressions
6. Equations and Formulae

Solving equations - equations with grouping symbols

Solving two and more step equations

Measurement, Shape and Space

7. The Cartesian Coordinate System

Plotting points into a coordinate system, finding the coordinates of points

8. Area of Quadrilaterals

The coordinate system – positive and negative axis

Calculating the area of a scalene triangle
Calculating the area of a rectangle, square and rhombus
Calculating the area of a parallelogram
Calculating the area of a kite
Calculating the area of a trapezium
Converting units of
length (𝑚𝑚 − 𝑐𝑚 − 𝑑𝑚 − 𝑚 − 𝑘𝑚)
area (𝑚𝑚! − 𝑐𝑚! − 𝑑𝑚! − 𝑚! − 𝑘𝑚²)
volume (𝑚𝑚³ − 𝑐𝑚³ − 𝑑𝑚³ − 𝑚³)

9. The Theorem of Pythagoras in Right-angled Triangles

Applying Pythagoras in right-angled triangles

Applying Pythagoras in plane figures (squares, rectangles and triangles)

10. Solids

Revision – properties of prisms (cube, cuboid and triangular prisms)

Finding face diagonals and space diagonals of prisms
Calculating the volume and surface area of prisms
Practical applications of solids
Useful Sources:

Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Coursebook 7, 8, 9

ISBN:9781107641112
ISBN:9781108615952
ISBN:9781108671248

E-Books: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/education/subject/mathematics/cambridge-checkpoint-
mathematics

KhanAcademy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-negative-numbers-multiply-
and-divide/cc-7th-order-of-operations/v/introduction-to-order-of-operations

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/multi-digit-multiplication-and-
division#multi-digit-multiplication-and-division-quiz-1

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:quadratics-multiplying-
factoring/x2f8bb11595b61c86:special-product-binomials/v/square-a-binomial

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/imp-place-value-and-rounding-2/imp-
intro-to-place-value/v/place-value-1