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Mathematics year 7

Welcome to the Signposts for Support page for your Year 7 Child. This page will provide resources and advice to support your child in making progress at home.

Using Sparx Maths to work on Next Steps

Your child's report will include skills they need to work on to step forward with their learning. The Sparx learning platform is an excellent platform to use at home to work on skills specific to your child. The glossary below lists all of the skills we learn during the year 7 curriculum. Each skill will have a code next to it. Your child can log on to Sparx and search the code next to the specific skill to work on their target area. There is a video below the glossary which will explain how to do this.

Link to Sparx Website Log in - https://www.sparxmaths.uk/

Number Skills

Unit	Topics	Topic Code	Building blocks - Basic Skills which will help your chiold to access the main Topics with more confidence	Topic Code
Number sense	Using number lines	M763
	Integer place value	M704
	Decimal place value	M522
	Ordering negative numbers	M527
	Rounding integers	M111
	Rounding decimals	M431
Adding and subtracting	Adding integers	M928	Integer place value	M704
	Adding decimals	M429	Decimal place value	M522
	Subtracting integers	M347
	Subtracting decimals	M152
Multiplying	Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000	M113	Times tables
	Multiplying using place value	M911	Integer place value	M704
	Using a written method to multiply integers	M187	Decimal place value	M522
	Using a written method to multiply decimals	M803
Dividing	Dividing numbers into equal groups	M462	Times tables
	Using a written method to divide integers	M354	Integer place value	M704
	Dividing with remainder	M873	Decimal place value	M522
	Using a written method to divide by integers to get a decimal answer	M262
	Using a written method to divide by decimals	M491
Calculating with negative numbers	Adding and subtracting with negative numbers	M106	Times tables
	Multiplying and dividing with negative numbers	M288	Using number lines	M763
			Ordering negative numbers	M527
Order of operations	Calculating with roots and powers	M135	Times tables
	Using the correct order of operations	M521	Adding	M928, M429
	Using the commutative laws	M952	Subtracting	M347, M152
	Using the associative laws	M409	Multiplying	M187, M803
			Dividing	M354, M262, M491
			Calculating with negative numbers	M106, M288
Factors and multiples	Finding the lowest common multiple	M227	Times tables
	Finding factors and using divisibility tests	M823	Dividing numbers into equal groups	M462
	Finding the highest common factor	M698	Using a written method to divide integers	M354
Primes	Finding prime numbers	M322	Times tables
	Prime factor decomposition	M108	Finding factors and using divisibility tests	M823
			Dividing numbers into equal groups	M462
Writing and comparing fractions	Finding fractions of shapes	M158	Finding the lowest common multiple	M227
	Constructing fractions	M939	Finding the highest common factor	M698
	Finding equivalent fractions	M410
	Simplifying fractions	M671
	Ordering fractions	M335
	Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions	M601
Adding and subtracting fractions	Adding and subtracting fractions	M835	Finding the lowest common multiple	M227
	Adding and subtracting mixed numbers	M931	Finding the highest common factor	M698
			Finding equivalent fractions	M410
			Simplifying fractions	M671
			Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions	M601
Multiplying and dividing fractions	Reciprocals	M216	Simplifying fractions	M671
	Multiplying fractions	M157	Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions	M601
	Dividing fractions	M110
	Multiplying with mixed numbers	M197
	Dividing with mixed numbers	M265
Fractions of amounts	Fractions of amounts without a calculator	M695	Multiplying fractions	M157
Fractions of amounts	Fractions of amounts with a calculator	M684	Solving proportion problems	M478
Fractions, decimals and percentages	Converting between fractions and decimals	M958	Constructing fractions	M939
	Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages	M264	Finding equivalent fractions	M410
	Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages	M553	Simplifying fractions	M671
	Writing numbers as percentages of other numbers	M235	Ordering fractions	M335
			Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions	M601

Algebra Skills

Unit	Topics	Topic Code	Building blocks - Basic Skills which will help your child to access the main Topics with more confidence	Topic Code
Expressions	Algebraic notation	M813	Times tables
	Algebraic terminology	M830	Using the correct order of operations	M521
	Simplifying expressions containing a single variable	M795	Using the commutative laws	M952
	Simplifying expressions containing multiple variables	M531	Using the associative laws	M409
	Simplifying expressions containing non-linear terms	M949	Calculating with negative numbers	M106, M288
Substitution	Substituting into expressions with one operation	M417	Times tables
	Substituting into expressions with multiple operations	M327	Using the correct order of operations	M521
	Substituting into algebraic formulae	M208	Calculating with negative numbers	M106, M288
	Substituting into real-life formulae	M979	Algebraic notation	M813
Solving equations	Solving equations with one step	M707	Function machines	M175, M428
	Solving equations of the form ax+b=c	M634	Algebraic notation	M813
	Solving equations of the form x/a+b=c	M647	Substituting into expressions	M417, M327
			Using the correct order of operations	M521
			Calculating with negative numbers	M106, M288

Coordinates and shapes	Reading and plotting coordinates	M618	Shape properties	M276
Coordinates and shapes	Solving shape problems involving coordinates	M230

Single brackets	Using the distributive law	M637	Algebraic notation	M813
	Expanding single brackets	M237	Simplifying expressions containing a single variable	M795
	Expanding single brackets and simplifying expressions	M792	Finding the highest common factor	M698
	Factorising into one bracket	M100

Measures Skills

Unit	Topics	Topic Code	Building blocks - Basic Skills which will help your child to access the main topics with more confidence	Topic Code
Time	Converting units of time	M515
	Using clocks	M892
	Calculating with time	M627
	Using timetables	M963
	Using calendars	M747
Measures	Estimating and measuring length, mass and capacity	M828	Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000	M113
	Converting units of length, mass and capacity	M774	Using number lines	M763
	Using appropriate units	M487

Shape Skills

Unit	Topics	Topic Code	Building blocks - Basic Skills which will help your child to access the main topics with more confidence	Topic Code
Line and shape properties	Line properties	M814
	Shape properties	M276
	Symmetry	M523
Perimeter	Finding perimeters using grids	M920	Adding	M928, M429
	Finding the perimeter of rectangles and simple shapes	M635	Line properties	M814
	Finding the perimeter of compound shapes	M690	Shape properties	M276
Area	Finding areas using grids	M900	Multiplying	M187, M803
	Finding the area of rectangles	M390	Line properties	M814
	Finding the area of compound shapes	M269	Shape properties	M276
	Finding the area of triangles	M610
	Finding the area of compound shapes containing triangles	M996

Angles	Types of angles	M502
	Estimating angles	M541
	Measuring angles	M780
	Drawing angles	M331
Finding unknown angles	Angles on a line and about a point	M818	Types of angles	M502
	Vertically opposite angles	M163	Solving equations with one step	M707
	Angles in triangles	M351	Solving equations of the form ax + b = c	M634

Data, Statistics & Probability

Averages and range	Calculating the range	M328	Place value	M763, M704
	Calculating the median	M934	Adding	M928, M429
	Finding the mode	M841	Subtracting	M347, M152
	Calculating the mean	M940	Multiplying	M187, M803
			Dividing	M354, M262
Tables and charts	Interpreting frequency tables and two-way tables	M899
	Drawing and interpreting tally charts	M597
	Drawing and interpreting pictograms	M644
	Drawing bar charts	M460
	Interpreting bar charts	M738
Collecting and presenting data	Collecting and recording data using tables	M945	Averages and the range	M328, M934, M841, M940
	Finding averages from frequency tables	M127	Interpreting frequency tables and two-way tables	M899
	Choosing suitable averages and solving problems	M440	Drawing and interpreting tally charts	M597
			Drawing and interpreting pictograms	M644
			Drawing and interpreting bar charts	M460, M738

Theoretical probability	Using probability phrases	M655	Constructing fractions	M939
	Writing probabilities as fractions	M941	Adding and subtracting fractions	M835
	Writing probabilities as fractions, decimals and percentages	M938	Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages	M264
	Probabilities of mutually exclusive events	M755	Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages	M553
	Sample space diagrams	M718	Writing numbers as percentages of other numbers	M235

Sparx Support for pupils - How to log in and access independent learning

Sparx Support for Parents and carers - https://sparxmaths.com/parents/

Other great websites to support with revision

Corbett Maths - https://corbettmaths.com/

BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zqhs34j