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MATHEMATICS

Y 3

Mathematics:NumberSmallSteps3
Number and Place Value 1 / Addition and Subtraction 1 / Multiplication and Division 1 / Fractions 1
Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and words
  • Reads and writes all numbers to 100
  • Reads and writes all numbers in 100s from 100 to 1000
  • Reads and writes all numbers in
50s from 50 to 1000
  • Reads and writes all numbers in 10s from 10 to 1000
  • Matches numbers and words to 1000.
  • Reads and writes number as words to 100.
Compare and order numbers up to 1000
  • Knows which of two 3-digit numbers is the greater and smaller.
  • Orders a set of 3-digit numbers from smallest to largest.
  • Orders a set of 3-digit numbers from largest to smallest.
Recognise place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (hundreds, tens, ones)
  • Knows and uses terms: ones, tens and hundreds correctly
  • Partitions any number up to 99 showing the value of each digit
/ Mental Addition and Subtraction: pairs of 1 and 2 digit numbers; a 3-digit number and ones; a 3-digit number and tens; a 3-digit number and hundreds.
  • Adds any 2 single-digit numbers
  • Subtracts any 2 single-digit number
  • Adds together mentally any single-digit and any 2-digit number
  • Subtracts any single-digit number from a 2-digit number
  • Adds together mentally any 3-digit number and any single-digit number
  • Subtracts any single-digit number from a 3-digit number
  • Adds together mentally any 3-digit number and any 10s number
  • Subtracts any 10s number from a 3-digit number
  • Adds together mentally any 3-digit number and any 100s number
  • Subtracts any 100s number from a 3-digit number
  • Working towards rapidly working out all of the above.
/ Know all table calculations for 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x2 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x5 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x10 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x3 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x4 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x8 table
  • Recalls all number facts for the x2 table out of sequence
  • Recalls all number facts for the x3 table out of sequence
  • Recalls all number facts for the x4 table out of sequence
  • Recalls all number facts for the x5 table out of sequence
  • Recalls all number facts for the x8 table out of sequence
  • Recalls all number facts for the x10 table out of sequence
  • Knows the inverse of all table facts involving 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10x tables, e.g. how many 4s in 24?
  • Knows the inverse of all table facts involving 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10x tables, e.g. What is 48÷8?
/ Count up and down in tenths
  • Counts up in tenths
  • Counts down in tenths
  • Knows that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts
Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators
  • Knows what fractional values are: e.g. ¼ is one part of four, etc.
  • Names all fractions from ½ to1/8
  • Names all the fractions from 1/3 to 1/12
  • Finds ½,¼,⅕ of a given 2-digit number
Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators
  • Knows that ½ is the same as 2/4, etc.
  • Shows 1/3 of a square and 2/6 of a square

Number and Place Value 2 / Addition and Subtraction 2 / Multiplication and Division 2 / Fractions 2
  • Partitions any number up to 999 showing the value of each digit
  • Knows the value of each digit when there is a 0 in the number.
Count on in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 from 0 to 1000
  • Counts on in 10s from 0 to 100
  • Counts on in 100s from 0 to 1000
  • Counts on in 50s from 0 to 1000
  • Counts on in 4s from 0 to 100
  • Counts on in 8s from 0 to 100
  • Counts on in 10s from 0 to 1000
  • Counts on in 4s from 0 to 1000
  • Counts on in 8s from 0 to 1000
Count back in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 1000 from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 10s from 100 to 0
  • Counts back in 100s from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 50s from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 4s from 100 to 0
  • Counts back in 8s from 100 to 0
  • Counts back in 10s from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 50s from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 4s from 1000 to 0
/ Add and subtract numbers with up to 3 digits, using formal written methods of column addition and subtraction
  • Adds 2 numbers with 2-digits together using column addition without exchange between units and tens
  • Adds 2 numbers with 3-digits together using column addition without exchange between units and tens
  • Adds 2 numbers with 3-digits together using columnaddition, where the units and tens when added make more than 10.
  • Adds 3 numbers with 3-digits using columnaddition where the units or tens make more than 10
  • Subtracts a 3-digit number from another using columnsubtraction which requires no exchange between the units, tens or hundreds
  • Subtracts a 3-digit number from another using column subtraction which requires exchange between the units, tens or hundreds
Solveword problems, including missing numbers, using number facts and place value,
  • Solves simple word problems involving missing numbers
  • Solves simple word problems involving place value
  • Solves word problems involving addition and subtraction.
/ Write and calculate number sentences for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, progressing to formal written methods
  • Multiplies a 10s number by a single-digit number mentally, using 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10x
  • Multiplies a 2-digit number by a single-digit number using 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10x
  • Divides 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 into any 10s number (no remainder)
  • Divides 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 into any 2-digit number (no remainder)
  • Uses formal written methods
Solve word problems involving 4 operations, including missing number problems
  • Solves word problems involving addition with numbers up to 100
  • Solves word problems involving subtraction with numbers up to 100
  • Solves word problems involving addition with numbers up to 1000
  • Solves word problems involving subtraction with numbers up to 1000
  • Solves word problems involving multiplication with numbers up to 100
  • Solves word problems involving division with numbers up to 100
/ Add and Subtract fractions with same denominator within one whole
  • Adds 2 fractions with the same denominator that add up to no more than 1 whole,
  • e.g. 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7
  • Subtracts one fraction from another of the same denominator, e.g. ⅘ – 2/5 = 2/5
Compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators
  • Orders any fraction between ½ to 1/12
  • Orders any fraction where the denominator is the same (between ½ to 1/12)
Solve problems that involve all of the above
Number and Place Value 3 / Number and Place Value 4
  • Knowthat quarterpastis15minutespast;
Place Value / Addition and Subtraction 3
  • Counts back in 5s from 1000 to 0
  • Counts back in 8s from 1000 to 0
Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
  • Finds 10 more than a given number between 0 and 100
  • Finds 10 less than a given number between 0 and 100
  • Finds 10 more than a given number between 0 and 1000
  • Finds 10 less than a given number between 0 and 1000
  • Finds 100 more than a given number between 0 and 1000
  • Finds 100 less than a given number between 0 and 1000
Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including those related to measure
  • Knows that 6 tens and 2 ones is 62
  • Knows that 8 hundreds, 4 tens and 5 ones is 845
  • Knows that 320cm is equal to 3.2m
  • Knows that 7.26m is equal to 726cm
  • Knows that an object of 7.2m is longer than one of 320cm
  • Knows that 165cm is 1.65cm
Solve number problems and practical problems involving numbers up to 1000
  • Solves problems such as which is greater: 2 hundreds,5 tens and 3 ones or 607?
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  • Uses everyday situations to solve problems involving addition with answers no greater than 100
  • Uses everyday situations to solve problems involving addition with answers no greater than 1000
  • Uses everyday situations to solve problems involving subtraction using numbers that are no greater than 100
  • Uses everyday situations to solve problems involving subtraction using numbers that are no greater than 1000
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  • Solves simple word problems involving complex addition to 100
  • Solves simple word problems involving complex subtraction to 100
  • Solves simple word problems involving complex addition to 1000
  • Solves simple word problems involving complex subtraction to 1000
Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers
  • Estimates the answer to 56add23
  • Estimates the answer to 88 subtract 35
  • Estimates the answer to 574add 25
  • Estimates the answer to 956subtracts325
  • Knows that 600 + 200 = 800 involves the same process as 800 - 200 = 600, or 800 – 600 = 200
  • Subtracts any single-digit number from a 3-digit number

Mathematics:NumberSmallStepsProgramme3
Geometry 1
Properties of Shapes / Measurement 1 / Measurement 2 / Statistics
Draw 2D shapes and make 3D shapes using modelling materials
  • Draws 2D shapes and names them
  • Makes a range of 3D shapes using playdough, clay
Recognise 3D shapes in different orientations and describe them
  • Describes a range of 3D shapes set out in different ways
Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn
  • Knows that the opening between two lines joined at a point is known as an angle and can be measured in degrees
  • Knows that the measurement in degrees is greater when the opening is wider
/ Measure, Compare, Add and Subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg, g); volume and capacity (l/ ml)
  • Practises using appropriate tools to measure distances and weight
  • Recognises 1m as having 100cm
  • Knows that 50cm is ½ a metre
  • Measures to the nearest metre a distance of up to 10m
  • Measures accurately a distance of up to 30cm using a ruler
  • Measures a distance of up to 5m using a tape measure giving the answer in m and cm
  • Recognises 1kg as 1000g
  • Knows that 500g is ½ a kg
  • Measures to the nearest kg a weight of up to 10Kg on a weighing machine
  • Measures accurately a weight of up to 500g on a weighing scale
  • Measures a weight of up to 5kg using a weighing machine giving the answer in Kg and g
/ Measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
  • Knows the term ‘perimeter’
  • Knows that the perimeter is the distance around the four sides of a rectangle
  • Knows that the perimeter is the distance around the outside of any shape
  • Measures accurately each side of a 2D shape and adds up all the sides to find the perimeter
Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts
  • Adds any two amounts of money using notes and coins
  • Sorts out an amount of money by organising it into sets of the same coins and then making up sets of pounds, etc.
  • From a given amount gives change from £1, £5, £10
Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence
  • Carries out simple problems involving money, length,weight, andtime
/ Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
  • Reads information set out in a bar chart, pictogram or table
  • Reads information from a bar chart that has a scale on the vertical axes
  • Presents information in a pictogram, bar chart or table
  • Presents information on a bar chart where there is a scale on the vertical axes
Solve one-step and two-step questions using information presented in scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables
  • Solves problems involving pictograms, bar charts and tables
  • Works out the answer to: ‘How many more children like peas than carrots?’
  • Works out the answer to: ‘How many fewer children travel to school by bus than by car?’

Geometry 2
Propertiesof Shape / Measurement 3 / Measurement 4 / Measurement 5
Identify right angles; Know that 2 and 4 right angles make halfand a full turn respectively
  • Knows a right angle has90 degrees which is written as 90˚
  • Knows that two right angles effectively make a straight line and is equivalent to 180˚
  • Knows that 2 right angles make a half-turn
  • Knows that three right angles make three quarters of a turn
  • Knows that 4 right angles is a complete turn
Identify if angles are greater or less than a right angle
  • Identifies angles that are smaller than a right angle
  • Identifies angles that are larger than a right angle
  • Identifies that an angle smaller than a right angle is known as an acute angle
  • Knows that an angle larger than a right angle is known as an obtuse angle
/ Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24- hour clocks
  • Knows how to set out each analogue time in digital format, e.g. ten past two = 02:10
  • Converts between analogue and digital
  • Knows how a 24 hour clock system works, e.g. ten past two in the afternoon = 02:10pm = 14:10 hours
Estimate and Read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute
  • Revises reading the time in five minute intervals
  • Reads the time to one minute intervals
  • Estimates the time to the nearest five minutes, e.g. it is almost five past four
/ Record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes, hours
  • Knows that 60 seconds is one minute and that 60 minutes is one hour
  • Knows that quarter past is 15 minutes past and that half past is 30 minutes past
  • Knows that 90 seconds is a minute and a half
  • Knows that 75 minutes is one hour and a quarter
Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, using Roman numerals 1 to X11
  • Recognises all Roman numerals from 1 to 12 and their associated place on a clock
  • Tells and writes the time using 12 hour & 24 hour clocks
  • Tells the time on an analogue clock and writes down its equivalent, e.g. five past three can be written as 3.05
  • Understands the 24 hour system, e.g. 4pm is 16:00 hours
/ Use vocabulary such as: o’clock, am, pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight
  • Knows that am represents time from midnight to noon
  • Knows that pm represents time from noon to midnight
Know the number of seconds in a minute; minutes in an hour; and the number of days in each month, year and leap year
  • Knows that 60 minutes make 1 hour; and that 60 seconds make 1 minute
  • Knows that the number of days per month varies between 28 to 31
  • Knows that the number of days in a year varies between 365 and 366 and knows the term leap year
  • Knows the rhyme associated with the number of days in the month

Geometry 3
Properties of Shape / Measurement6
Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines
  • Knows the terms: horizontal and vertical
  • Recognises horizontal and vertical in everyday situations, e.g. telephone pole being vertical, the sea being horizontal
  • Knows the relationship between horizontal and horizon
  • Knows the terms perpendicular and parallel
  • Draws lines that are perpendicular and parallel to a given line
  • Recognises and use abbreviations of metric units of measure
/ Compare durations of events, e.g. calculate time taken by particular events or tasks
  • Measures in minutes and seconds any length of time using a stop watch or hand held clock
  • Knows that certain events last a given time: e.g. lunch hour = 60 minutes, playtime = quarter of an hour, football match = 90 minutes
Recognise and use abbreviations of metric units of measure
  • Knows that metres, centimetres and millimetres are written as : m, cm, mm.
  • Knows that litres and millilitres and written as: l, ml
  • Knows that grams and kilograms are written as: g. and kg

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MATHEMATICS

Y 4

Mathematics: Number Small Steps 4
Number and Place Value 1 / Addition and Subtraction 1 / Multiplication and Division / Fractions
Count in multiples of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 1000 from any given number.
  • Counts on in 1000s from 0 to 10,000
  • Counts back in 1000s from 10,000 to0
  • Counts on in 10s from any given number between 0 and 10,000
  • Counts back in 10s from any given number between 10,000 and 0
  • Counts on in 100s from 0 to 10,000
  • Counts back in 100s from
  • 10,000 to 0
  • Counts on in 50s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
  • Counts back in 50s from 1000 to 0 starting at any given number
  • Counts on in 25s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
  • Counts back in 25s from 1000 to 0 starting at any given number
  • Counts on in 9s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
  • Counts back in 9s from 1000 to 0 starting at any given number
  • Counts on in 8s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
  • Counts on in 7s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
  • Counts on in 6s from 0 to 1000 starting at any given number
/ Add and subtract numbers with up to 4-digitsusing the formal written methods of column addition and subtraction where appropriate
  • Adds 2 numbers with 4-digits together using column addition without exchange between units and tens
  • Adds 2 numbers with 4-digits together using column addition, where the units, tens or hundreds when added make more than 10.
  • Adds 3 numbers with 4-digits using column addition where the units, tens or hundreds make more than 10
  • Subtracts a 4-digit number from another using column subtraction which requires no exchange between the units, tens, hundreds or thousands
  • Subtracts a 4-digit number from another using columnsubtraction which requires exchange between the units, tens, hundreds or thousands (or any two of these)
/ Recall multiplication and division facts for tables up to 12 x 12
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x6 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x9 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x11 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x7 table
  • Recites all multiplication facts for the x12 table
  • Recalls all number facts for the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12x table out of sequence
  • Knows the inverse of all table facts involving 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12x table, e.g. how many 7s in 63?
Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers
  • Uses all table facts up to 12x in calculations involving multiplication and division
  • Knows what happens when Multiplying by 0 or 1
/ Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions with denominators up to and including 12
  • Knows all the equivalent fractions of ½ up to and including the denominator 12
  • Knows all the equivalent fractions of ¼ up to and including the denominator 12
  • Knows all the equivalent fractions of ¾ up to and including the denominator 12
  • Knows all the equivalent fractions of ⅓ up to and including the denominator 12
  • Knows all the equivalent fractions of ⅔ up to and including the denominator 12
Write equivalent fraction of a fraction given the denominator or numerator
  • Writes the equivalent fraction when given the denominator
  • Writes the equivalent fraction when given the numerator