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Here are the skills that you need for National Curriculum levels 5 to 8. Click on the topic for a lesson, Self assessment booklets are available at the end of each level's list. The word 'Tarsia' after a topic's descriptor means that a Tarsia jigsaw puzzle is available. in PDF format. Print it off, cut it out and put it together. If you do not have Tarsia software, a free download can be obtained by clicking on the jigsaw picture.

 

GCSE Revision

Over 150 worked questions click CDs to view

Level 5 means that I can...

Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 Tarsia

Work with decimals as cash

Add, subtract, multiply and divide negative numbers Tarsia

Put numbers in order including negative numbers Tarsia

Add subtract multiply and divide simple decimal numbers Tarsia

Substitute numbers for letters Tarsia

Simplify a fraction Tarsia

Work out a fraction or percentage of a number Tarsia

Find a fraction of a whole number Tarsia

Find a percentage of a number without a calculator

Multiply or divide a three digit  by a two digit numbers Tarsia

Use inverse operations of approximation to check my answers

Use simple formulae like C=2n+4 Tarsia

Simplify an expression Tarsia

Use co-ordinates to describe lines and shapes

Use co-ordinates in all four quadrants

Draw and use conversion graphs

Give the equations of lines parallel to the axes

Measure and draw angles to the nearest degree

Use and understand the formula for the area of a rectangle

Find the area of a composite shape made from rectangles

Find the mode, median, mean and range of discrete data

Use the range and one of the averages to compare two sets of data

Say what diagrams and graphs show

Use the probability scale from 0 to 1

Understand that experiments don’t always have the same outcome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 6 means that I can...

Use trial and improvement to solve things like x3+5x=38

Work out one number as a percentage of another

Tarsia Discussion Circle   Tarsia Jigsaw Puzzle

Understand that fractions, decimals and percentages can be equivalent to each other (eg 0.5=50%) Tarsia 

Calculate using ratio Tarsia

Add and subtract fractions with common denominators

Deal with Improper fractions

Add and subtract simple fractions

Add and subtract mixed numbers

Multiply and divide simple fractions

Describe a sequence from a pattern

Find and describe in words the rule for the next term in a sequence

Find and describe in words the rule for the nth term in a sequence

Solve linear equations with integer coefficients

Solve linear equations - Lesson 1

Solve linear equations - Lesson 2 Tarsia

Change the Subject of a Formula

Plot the graph of y = mx + c

Identify the equations of straight line graphs

Recognise 2D representations of 3D objects

Classify quadrilaterals by knowing their properties

Find the missing angles when two parallel lines are intersected

Use bearings to describe journey

Solve angle problems in polygons

Find the area and circumference of a circle

Find the volume of cuboids

Enlarge a shape by a positive scale factor

Translate a shape

Rotate a shape

Reflect a shape

Work with continuous data

Construct pie charts

Say what a scatter diagram tells us

Understand correlation

Find all the possible outcomes of two experiments

Use the fact that the probability of mutually exclusive events add up to 1

 

SELF ASSESSMENT- Click on the picture to view one question on each of the level 5 topics

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SELF ASSESSMENT- Click on the picture to view one question on each of the level 6 topics

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Level 7 means that I can...

Round to one significant figure

Understand what happens when we multiply or divide by numbers between 0 and 1

Multiply and divide numbers of any size

Deal with problems involving indices

Understand proportional change

Describe in symbols the rule for the next term or nth term in a sequence (Quadratic)

Expand brackets in terms like 3(x + 2)

Multiply things like (a+b)(c+d)

Simplify quadratic expressions

Solve simultaneous, linear equations with two variables (Using graphs or algebra)       

Use graphs to solve simultaneous equations

Solve inequalities like 6(2n+1)≥18 

Understand and use Pythagoras’ Theorem in 2D

Calculate lengths, areas and volumes in right prisms

Surface area

Calculate a scale factor ratio

Enlarge a shape by a fractional scale factor

Understand similarity

Draw the locus of a moving object

Find and understand upper and lowers bounds

Use compound measures like speed, distance, time

 Give and test a hypothesis to a situation

Understand bias

Find the modal class and an estimate to the mean, median and range when using grouped data

Compare distributions using frequency polygons

Draw a line of best fit on a scatter diagram

Understand relative frequency

Level 8 means that I can...

Solve problems involving powers and roots

Solve problems involving standard form

Solve problems involving repeated proportional change

Substitute fractions and decimals into equations and expressions and find the answers

Calculate one variable in a formula when I know the others

Understand that a2-b2=(a+b)(a-b)

Solve inequalities in two variables

Sketch and interpret graphs of quadratic, cubic and reciprocal functions

Interpret graphs that model real life situations

Use congruence and mathematical similarity

Use sine, cosine and tangent in right angled triangles in 2D

Distinguish between formulae for perimeter, area and volume by considering dimensions

 

Interpret and construct cumulative frequency diagrams

Estimate the median and interquartile range

Calculate the probability of a compound event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELF ASSESSMENT- Click on the picture to view one question on each of the level 7 topics

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KS3 Revision

 Below are some of the revision materials that I have used with my Year 7, 8 and 9 groups. I hope that these provides useful resources for interesting lessons, teaching  and learning.

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