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Level 6 Maths Topics
Year 6 primarily covers Levels 4 and 5 of the national curriculum, so many topics will be new territory for children taking the Level 6 national curriculum tests.
There are a lot of topics to cover at Level 6 - below is a full list of the National Curriculum at Level 6. It will give you an idea of what kind of skills are required:
Number
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Four rules of fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
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Working with mixed numbers and top heavy fractions
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Percentage of a quantity and finding one quantity as a percentage of another
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Percentage increase and decrease
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Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages and ability to place in order of size
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Ability to work with sequences, including using a rule to find the next or previous number and ability to use nth term of a sequence
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Work with decimals – add, subtract, multiply, multiply and divide by 10, 100, 1000
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Solve more complex word problems, including money problems
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Understand multiples and factors
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Use ratio to solve problems and split numbers into a ratio
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Understand the rules of negative numbers
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Square numbers, cubed numbers and square roots
Algebra
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Collect like terms
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Substitute into equations
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Solve equations, including equations with unknowns on both sides of the equals sign, e.g. 3x + 4 = 2x – 2
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Use the trial and improvement method
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Form an equation from given information
Data Handling
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Mean
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Median
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Mode
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Range
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Probability
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Interpret a line graph, bar chart, pie chart or scatter diagram
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Complete a two-way table
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Understand conversion graphs
Geometry and Measures
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Constructions, including constructing circles using a set of compasses
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Coordinates – plotting and reading
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Basic understanding of the equations of a line on a graph, e.g. x = 4 and y = x
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Recognition of 2D and 3D shapes
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Area, including area of a circle, area of a trapezium and area of compound shapes
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Perimeter
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Volume
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Angles on a straight line, at a point, in a triangle and in a quadrilateral
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Angle properties on parallel lines
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Understand symmetry and rotational symmetry
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Transformations – reflections, rotations around a point, enlargements (enlarging by a scale factor and centre of enlargement)
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Perfect for 11 Plus & SATs Revision
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