Measurement and Geometry
4 topicsMeasurement — Length, Mass, Volume6 objectives
Units of measure and conversion
km, m, cm, mm; kg, g; l, ml
Perimeter of composite figures
Combined rectilinear shapes
Area of squares, rectangles and triangles
Standard area formulas
Area of composite figures
Combining and subtracting areas
Volume of cubes and cuboids
l × b × h, finding missing dimension
Volume of composite 3D shapes
Combining prisms, finding missing dimensions from volume
Geometry — Angles7 objectives
Types of angles (acute, right, obtuse, reflex)
Measuring and drawing angles with protractor
Angles on a straight line
Sum of angles = 180°
Angles at a point
Sum of angles = 360°
Vertically opposite angles
Equal vertically opposite angles
Angles in triangles
Interior angles sum = 180°, exterior angles
Angles in quadrilaterals
Interior angles sum = 360°
Finding unknown angles in composite figures
Multi-step angle problems
Geometry — Shapes5 objectives
Properties of triangles
Isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right-angled
Properties of quadrilaterals
Square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid
Properties of 3D shapes
Faces, edges, vertices of prisms and pyramids
Symmetry and tessellation
Lines of symmetry, rotational symmetry Officially named 'Line Symmetry' only; 'tessellation' is not official terminology.
Nets of 3D shapes
Identify and draw nets of cubes and cuboids
Circles4 objectives
Parts of a circle (radius, diameter, chord, arc)
Identify and name parts
Circumference of a circle
C = 2πr = πd, using π = 3.14 or 22/7
Area of a circle
A = πr²
Composite figures involving circles
Quarter circles, semicircles, shaded regions
Numbers and Algebra
8 topicsWhole Numbers5 objectives
Place value and numeration (up to 10 million)
Includes reading, writing, comparing whole numbers
Order of operations (BODMAS)
Brackets, order of arithmetic operations
Factors and multiples
HCF, LCM, common factors and multiples
Number patterns
Identify and continue number sequences
Word problems (4 operations)
Multi-step word problems requiring all four operations
Fractions7 objectives
Concept of fractions and mixed numbers
Proper, improper fractions; converting to/from mixed numbers
Equivalent fractions and simplification
Simplify fractions to lowest terms
Adding and subtracting fractions
Unlike denominators, mixed numbers
Multiplying fractions
Fraction × fraction, fraction × whole number
Dividing fractions
Fraction ÷ whole number and whole number ÷ fraction
Fraction of a set
Finding a fraction of a quantity
Fraction word problems
Multi-step problems combining fraction operations
Decimals5 objectives
Decimal notation (up to 3 decimal places)
Place value, reading and writing decimals
Rounding decimals
Round to nearest whole, 1dp, 2dp
Four operations with decimals
Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals
Converting fractions, decimals and percentages
Interconversion between all three forms
Decimal word problems
Practical contexts including money and measurement
Percentage5 objectives
Expressing fractions and decimals as percentages
Convert between forms
Percentage of a quantity
Finding x% of a given amount
Percentage increase and decrease
New value after % change
Discount, GST and profit/loss
Applied percentage in commerce context
Multi-step percentage word problems
Complex problem sums combining % with other topics
Ratio5 objectives
Writing and simplifying ratios
Express as ratio in simplest form
Equivalent ratios
Scale ratios up or down
Ratio of 3 quantities
Three-part ratios and their relationships
Relationship between fraction and ratio
Convert between ratio and fraction notation
Ratio and proportion word problems
Sharing, combining and comparison using ratios
Algebra5 objectives
Using letters to represent unknowns
Introduction to algebraic notation
Algebraic expressions (simplifying)
Collecting like terms; excludes expansion of algebraic terms involving parentheses.
Substitution
Evaluate expressions given variable values
Solving linear equations
One-step and two-step linear equations Official scope: whole number coefficients only.
Algebraic word problems
Formulate and solve equations from word problems
Average4 objectives
Finding the average (mean)
Sum ÷ number of items
Finding total given average and count
Reverse average calculation
Finding number of items given total and average
Divide total by average
Multi-step average word problems
Combining sets, changing averages
Rate2 objectives
Concept of rate
Units per time, cost per unit etc.
Solving rate word problems
Practical problems using rate relationships
Statistics
1 topicData Analysis5 objectives
Reading and interpreting tables
Extract data from tables
Bar graphs and line graphs
Construct and interpret graphs
Pie charts
Read pie charts, calculate angles/percentages
Average from data sets
Calculate mean from tabulated data
Interpreting and solving data problems
Multi-step problems from graphs and tables
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