Apples Comparison Problem Explained
Apples Comparison Problem Explained
Counting
Count forwards and backwards in 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 50, steps of powers of 10
(10, 100, 1000,…)
, 830, , , 530, ,
2a) What is 100 less than 1902? b) What is 1000 more than 3249?
3, , , , -1, , ,
Negative numbers
Use negative numbers in context and calculate intervals across zero.
3) The temperature inside is 19°C and outside is -4°C. What is the difference in
temperature between inside and outside?
Place Value
Recognise the place value of each digit in up to four-digit numbers.
Smallest Largest
Rounding
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 or 100 000 and any whole number.
(Remember 5 rounds up!)
MDCCCLXXI =
Mental Methods
Add and subtract numbers mentally with larger numbers.
2) 15 672 – 3200 =
Multiplication Tables
Multiplication and division facts to 12 × 12.
4) Fill in the
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
missing
numbers: 1 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12
2 2 4 6 10 12 16 18 22 24
3 6 9 12 15 21 24 27 36
4 4 8 12 16 20 24 32 36 40 44 48
5 5 15 20 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
6 6 12 24 30 36 48 54 60 72
7 21 42 56 70 77 84
8 8 16 24 40 56 64 72 96
9 9 27 36 45 54 72 81 90 108
11 22 33 44 55 66 88 99
b) When multiplying the number gets and when dividing the number
gets .
b) 56 pencils are shared between 4 tables. How many pencils does each
table receive? .
c) The common factors of 32 and 56 are , , and because they are factors of
both 32 and 56.
d) Commutativity means changing the order of the numbers in a calculation but the
answer does not change. What other two ways can this calculation be written so that it
gives the same answer? 5 × 9 × 2 = × × = × × =
24
Prime Numbers 4 6
7a) Prime numbers only have 1 and as factors.
2 2 2 3
b) Prime factors are factors of a number that are :
e.g. 2
= × =9 2
= × = 49
e.g. 3
= × × =8 3
= × × = 125
e.g. 23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8 53 = 5 × 5 × 5 = 125
Order of Operations
BODMAS is a way of remembering the order in which operations are carried out.
9a) Brackets first: 3 × (4 + 5) = × =
Formal Methods
Use a written method to solve the following addition and subtraction calculations:
d) 27 × 4 e) 382 × 7 f) 2471 × 6
i) 76 ÷ 4 j) 487 ÷ 5
k) 516 ÷ 15
Solve Problems
Multi-step problems
11) 8451 people visit a cinema on one day. There are two films showing. 3549 adults
and 946 children see an adventure film, 1263 adults and a number of children see an
animation. How many more children see the animation than the adventure film?
d) 2693 - 946 = more children see the animation than the adventure film
2, 8, 5, 10, 3, 1, 9, 4, 6, 7
Prime Numbers Square Numbers Composite Numbers
× 3 = 45 or 56 ÷ = 14
Word Problems
A teacher has four new boxes of pencils, each with 12 pencils, and a tray with 37 pencils.
The teacher shares equally all the pencils between 5 tables. How many pencils does each
table receive?
b) 48 + 37 = pencils
14) 12 pizzas are cut into quarters. How many quarters of pizza will there be
altogether? .
Correspondence Problems
15) Jenna has 2 t-shirts and 4 pairs of shorts. How many possible combinations of t-shirts
and shorts does Jenna have? .
Hundredths
2) Colour in the grid to
show what fraction
comes next in
the sequence:
47 46 45 44
, , , ,
100 100 100 100 ...
32 ÷ 8 = 4×5=
Equivalent Fractions
4a) Colour in the bars to represent the equivalent fractions:
3 6 12
4 = 8 = 16
1
1 1 1
3 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
6 6 6 6 6 6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1
12 12 12 1212 12 12 12 12 12
12 12
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
1
1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
3
b) Write 4 fractions that are equivalent to 4
=
9 3
15
= 5 9 and 15 have as a common factor.
Add and Subtract Fractions with the Same Denominator and with
Denominators that are Multiples, and with Different Denominators
and Mixed Numbers
7) Add or subtract the numerator, keeping the denominator the same. The answer can be
expressed as an equivalent fraction. Fill in the missing numbers and colour in the bar
to represent the fraction.
a) 1 3
b) 5 3
8
+ 8
= 8
= 8
- 8
= 8
=
If the denominators are different, convert the fractions to equivalent fractions with the same
denominator before adding or subtracting:
c) 1
+
3
= + =
4 8
4 3
d) 5 + 8 = + = =
smallest largest
1 3 5 1
5 5 8 4
2
9a) Proper fractions: multiply the numerator by the whole number: 3
×5= =3
b) Mixed numbers: multiply the whole numbers and add the product of the fraction and
2
whole number: 2 3 × 3 = + = + =
Divide Fractions
10) Divide proper fractions by whole numbers – multiply the denominator by the
whole number:
1
4
÷2=
Decimal Equivalents
11a) Write the following fractions as decimals:
7 43
10
= 100 =
1 1 3
4 = 2 = 4 =
3
c) Calculate decimal fraction equivalents: 8 = because 3 ÷ 8 =
0.04 × 7 = 0.2 × 45 =
Rounding Decimals
When rounded to the nearest whole number:
b) 2.35 rounds to
c) 0.05 rounds to
d) 2.42 rounds to
b) Use >, < or = to compare these decimals’ to the second question in this section.
Percentages
16a) % means out of .
b) 50% = = 41% =
Adil wants to share his savings with his friends. He has £120. He gives ¼ to his friend Tommy
3
and 10 to Barney.
18a) Ellie buys a new shirt for £4.75 and a pair of trousers for £3.50 in a sale. She pays
with a £10 note. What change will she receive?
Percentages
2) Circle which is greater: 15% of 2 litres or 50% of 500ml
Scaled Shapes
3) The length and width of rectangle A are increased by a scale factor of 3 to make
rectangle B. What are the new dimensions of rectangle B?
4cm
A 2cm B
t= × + = Area of a rectangle:
a = lw (a = area, l = length and w = width)
Perimeter of a rectangle:
p = 2(l + w) (p = perimeter)
2cm
g= + or h = –
a) A locksmith charges £15 callout and £20 per hour for any work. What formulae would
calculate his charge for h number of hours?
Sequences
This linear sequence starts with 3 and each step is 4: 3, 7, 11, 15…
Equations
4) Find possible pairs of numbers for a and b in 3a + b = 12.
Variables
5) The total of two numbers is 15. Both numbers are between 5 and 10.
Find all the possible combinations.
Lengths (mm/cm/m)
Mass (g/kg)
Measure the mass of objects using different scales.
4a) 3 apples weigh 435g. One is eaten, and the 2 remaining apples weigh 285g.
250ml 0.3l
b) Mass: 1kg = g
e)
c) Capacity/ Volume: 1l = ml days hath September,
8a) The sides of this rectangle are 8cm and 3cm, so the perimeter is cm.
12cm
3cm
Perimeter = cm.
6cm
5cm
Area = cm2
b) Calculate the area of rectangles: multiply the length of two adjacent sides.
8cm
c) Estimate the area of irregular shapes by counting the whole squares and the squares
with more than half included in the shape:
4cm
6cm
A 3cm B 2cm
d) Find the area and perimeter of these rectangles. What do you notice?
The area of a triangle is based on it being half of a rectangle that includes the triangle.
A similar idea is used to find the area of a parallelogram. Cut a triangle off one end
and move to the other and the parallelogram becomes a rectangle.
Money
Add and subtract giving change.
10) Jude buys a bag of apples for £1.25 and a bag of oranges for £2.15. He pays with a £5
note. How much change will he be given?
04 50
08 45
1 2 1 0
03 20
06 1 5
b) A film lasts 136 minutes. How long is the film in hours and minutes?
c) Convert the following times from 12-hour to 24-hour clock and vice versa:
15:55 = 06:10 =
Solve Problems
12a) 2 equal bottles of water contain 500ml of drink. How many litres will 7 bottles hold?
b) A 6.5kg bag of soil is divided into 20 pots equally. Each pot needs 0.5kg. How much
more does each pot need?
÷ =
c) Draw an isosceles triangle with one side of 5cm and 2 sides of 7cm.
Triangles
Draw a line to the triangle being described:
b) Equilateral (all sides and angles equal)
Angles
4a) An angle measures a . d) An angle is less than
a right angle (90°).
e) An angle is between a
right angle and a straight line.
The angles at a point and whole turn total 360° (four right angles).
105°
110° 105°
°
° 25°
105° b
b) What is the size of angle b, c and d?
, , .
d c
Lines
7) Draw the following lines:
a) Horizontal
b) Vertical
c) Parallel Lines
Circles
11a) Identify the main parts of a circle:
b (0,4) b=( , )
x
(-4,-2)
(-6,-5) (-2,-5)
* not to scale
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
y
Pictograms
Favourite Colour
1) How many children were asked to vote for their favourite colour?
Bar Charts
2a) How many more children chose cheese and onion as their favourite crisps than ready
salted?
25
The Height of Children
20
Number of children
15
10
0
80cm -89cm
90cm -99cm
110cm -119cm
120cm -129cm
100cm -109cm
Height in cm
Tables
Here is a table showing the number of chocolate bars sold to customers in a shop over 4 days.
Line Graphs
Length of a Shadow
6) Which train takes the least time to get from London to Hull?
Pie Charts
Pie charts show data by dividing a circle to represent the different proportions of the data.
A class of children chose their favourite flavour of crisps. Here is a pie chart of the results.
Ready Salted
In this pie chart, 20 children are asked how they travel to school.
Mean
8a) The mean of a set of data is equivalent to sharing the data out .
Vocabulary Meaning
Flat shapes with no thickness. In theory a 2D shape cannot be picked up,
2D shapes but in practice shapes made of paper are counted as 2D.
(A list of shapes is included in the section on shape.)
A shape with 3 dimensions that can be picked up.
3D shapes
(A list of shapes is included in the section on shape.)
Algebra
Analogue
Area The amount of space taken up by a shape.
The working out of an answer using addition, subtraction, multiplication
or division.
Capacity
The answer is the same no matter which way the calculation is
Commutativity
completed: e.g. 2 + 4 = 4 + 2 or 2 × 4 = 4 × 2.
A number that has more than 2 factors.
(1 is not a composite number because it only has 1 factor.)
Cube number The result of multiplying a whole number by itself twice: e.g. 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
Denominator
A single symbol used to make a numeral: 7
(All numbers are made from the ten digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.)
Digital A clock using digits to tell the time.
Discrete
A statement where the value of each mathematical expression is equal:
e.g. 3 + 4 = 7
Equivalent A fraction which has the same value but is divided into a different
1 2
fraction number of parts: e.g. 2 = 4
A factor of a number is a number into which the number can be divided
Factor
with no remainders: e.g. the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, and 8.
Factor pairs are 2 factors that are multiplied together to make the
number: e.g. the factor pairs of 8 are 1 and 8, 2 and 4.
A number expressed as the number of parts into which the whole has
Fraction 3
been divided: e.g 4 represents 3 parts out of 4.
Prime Number
1
Proper fraction A fraction where the numerator is smaller than the denominator: e.g 2
A quarter of the space represented by coordinates, bordered by
the x and y axes.
Quadrilateral Any four sided shape.