Department of Mathematics (British Section)

Year 7 Course Outline

Textbook exercises are given as a guide to the maths you will learn. Your teacher might set you tasks that are not from the textbook.
Some of your learning is not covered in the textbook. Your teacher will give you other material.
See Moodle for more information about the maths you will learn in year 7.
Use the MyMaths codes from the textbook to find more practice and explanation.
TERM
Y7T1A

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

WHOLE NUMBERS AND DECIMALS
To understand a nd use place va lue for decimals, measures
a nd l engths of any s ize
To order decimal numbers
To mul tiply a nd divide decimal numbers by powers of 10
To us e estimation to check a nswers
To s ol ve problems involving decimals and whole numbers
To order positive and negative integers and decimals
To us e a number line to a id addition a nd s ubtraction
(i ncl uding adding and subtracting with negative numbers);
to l oca te decimal numbers on a number line
To mul tipily a nd divi de with negative numbers

TOTAL LEARNING AND ICT

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
1a
1b
1c
1d
1e
(1f for ca l culator practice)
14b

To us e a column method for a ddition and subtraction,

i ncl uding a dding and s ubtracting decimal numbers
To us e a column method for multiplying decimal numbers
To s how familiarity wi th i nequality s igns; to use the
voca bulary of i nequality signs
SEQUENCES

13a
13b
13c
13d
13e

To fi nd the next term of a nd missing terms in a sequence

To us e an nth term formula for a linear s equence
To wri te a n nth term formula for a linear s equence
To us e letter s ymbols to represent functions
MEASURES, PERIMETER AND AREA

ICT converti ng between metric

mea sures

To choos e and use units of measurement to measure,

es timate, calculate and solve problems in everyday contexts
TOTAL: ME AND MY COMMUNITY
To convert one metric unit to another, for example, grams
to ki l ograms
To rea d a nd i nterpret scales on a ra nge of measuring
i ns truments
To understand the terms l ength, perimeter a nd area
To fi nd simple lengths, perimeters and areas including
s i mple compound s hapes
To know methods and formulas for fi nding areas of
tri a ngles, parallelograms a nd tra peziums (including
compound shapes)
To know the names of common quadrilaterals; to i dentify
qua drilaterals from their properties
To know a nd use the terms face, edge a nd vertex

2a
2b
2c
2d
2e
2f
2g
12f

To dra w nets of simple 3D s hapes and find their s urface area

Y7T1B

To fi nd the volume of simple cuboids a nd other prisms

TEST
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES

4a
4b
4c
4d
4e
4f

To express a s maller whole number as a fra ction of a l arger

one
To wri te a fraction in i ts simplest form
To convert terminating decimals to fractions, for example,
0.23 = 23/100
To us e diagrams to compare two or more simple fractions
To a dd a nd s ubtract s imple fra ctions and those with
common denominators
To ca l culate s imple fractions of quantities and
mea surements (whole number answers)
To mul tiply a fra ction by a n i nteger
To ca l culate s imple percentages e.g. 1%, 5%, 10%, 25% a nd
50%, a nd us e combinations of these to calculate other
percentages
To recognise the equivalence of percentages, fractions and
deci mals
To ca l culate percentages and find the outcome of a given
percentage i ncrease or decrease
EXPRESSIONS AND FORMULAE
To us e letter s ymbols to represent unknown numbers or
va ri a bles

ICT- Eva l uating Formulas

3a
3b
3c
3d
3e
3f

To know the meanings of the words term, expression and

equation

3g

To understand that algebraic operations follow the rules of

a ri thmetic
To s i mplify l inear a lgebraic expressions by collecting like
terms
To mul tiply a single term over a bracket (integer
coefficients)
To fa ctorise i nto a single bracket
To us e simple formulae from mathematics and other
s ubjects
To s ubstitute positive integers i nto l inear expressions and
formul ae and, in s imple cases, derive a formula
ANGLES AND 2D SHAPES
To us e correctly the vocabulary, notation a nd l abelling
conventions for l ines, angles a nd shapes
To i dentify parallel a nd perpendicular lines

5a
5b
5c
5d
5e
6a

To know the sum of angles a t a point, on a straight line a nd

i n a tri angle
To recognise vertically opposite a ngles
To us e conventions a nd notation for 2-D coordinates in all
four qua drants

Y7T2A

To fi nd coordinates of points determined by geometric

i nformation
TEST
WHOLE NUMBER CALCULATIONS

7a
7b
7c

To round positive whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or

1000

7d
7e
7f

To round decimals to the nearest whole number or one

deci mal place
To us e the order of operations, including brackets
To mul tiply a nd divide three-digit by two-digit whole
numbers
To us e a ca lculator to ca rry out calculations with more than
one s tep using brackets and the memory; us e the square
root a nd sign change keys
CONSTRUCTION AND 3D SHAPES

TOTAL LEARNING: CITIZENSHIP

To us e a ruler a nd protractor to measure and draw lines to

the nearest millimetre and a ngles, including reflex a ngles, to
the nearest degree

12a
12b
12c

To ma ke accurate mathematical constructions

To perform decorative compass constructions
To us e a ruler a nd protractor to construct a triangle, given
two s i des a nd the i ncluded angle (SAS) or two angles and
the i ncluded side (ASA)
FACTORS AND MULTIPLES
ICT Squa re and Triangular Numbers
To recognise and use multiples, fa ctors and primes (less
tha n 100)
To dra w fa ctor trees a nd find prime fa ctorisations
To know a nd use the terms HCF and LCM
To recognise the squares of numbers to a t least 12 12 a nd
the corresponding roots
To recognise the first few triangular numbers

11a
11b
11c
11d
11e

GRAPHS
To generate coordinate pairs that satisfy a simple linear rule

6b
6c
6d

To pl ot the gra phs of simple l inear functions, where y i s

gi ven explicitly i n terms of x
To recognise that equations of the form y = mx + c
corres pond to straight-line gra phs
To generate coordinate pairs that satisfy a simple linear rule
To pl ot the gra phs of simple l inear functions, where y i s
gi ven explicitly i n terms of x
To recognise straight-line gra phs parallel to the x-axis or ya xi s; to wri te the equations for these lines

Y7T2B

To ma ke correct use of symbols, words, diagrams, ta bles

a nd gra phs; use appropriate procedures and tools, i ncluding
ICT
TEST
RATIO AND PROPORTION
To ca l culate s imple percentages and use percentages to
compa re simple proportions
To recognise the equivalence of percentages, fractions and
deci mals
To understand the relationship between ratio and
proportion
To us e direct proportion in s imple contexts; use ratio
nota tion
To s i mplify ra tios a nd divide a quantity i nto two parts i n a
gi ven ra tio

15a
15b
15c
15d
15e
15f

To s ol ve simple problems involving ra tio and proportion

us i ng informal strategies
EQUATIONS

10a
10b
10c
10d

To us e letter s ymbols to represent unknown numbers or

va ri a bles
To s i mplify l inear a lgebraic expressions by collecting like
terms
To mul tiply a single term over a bracket (integer
coefficients)
To cons truct and solve simple linear equations with integer
coefficients (unknown on one side only) using an
a ppropriate method (for example, inverse operations)
To s ol ve linear equations (unknown on both sides)
To us e letter s ymbols to represent unknown numbers or
va ri a bles
STATISTICS
To recognise discrete and continuous data
To ca l culate mode, median, mean and ra nge for s mall sets
of da ta
To ca l culate the mean, median a nd mode from a simple
frequency ta ble, using a calculator for a larger number of
i tems
To i nterpret simple diagrams and graphs (including pie
cha rts ), and draw simple conclusions based on the shape of
gra phs and simple statistics for a s ingle distribution

ICT Mea n a verages of data in frequency

ta bl es

8a
8b
8c
8d
8e
8h
8i

TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY

To understand a nd use the language and notation
a s sociated with reflections

TOTAL LEARNING: ENVIRONMENT

9a
9b
9c
9d
9e

To recognise and vi sualise the symmetries of a 2-D s hape

(l i ne s ymmetry a nd rotational symmetry)
To tra ns form 2-D s hapes by reflecting i n given mirror lines
To understand a nd use the language and notation
a s sociated with translations (including vector notation)
To tra ns form 2-D s hapes by tra nslating
To understand a nd use the term s cale factor
To ca l culate a scale factor, gi ven a n enlargement

Y7T3

To enl arge a shape given a scale factor only (not centre of

enl argement)
TEST
PROBABILITY
To us e the vocabulary a nd ideas of probability, drawing on
experience
To understand a nd use the probability s cale from 0 to 1
To fi nd and justify probabilities based on equally likely
outcomes i n simple contexts
To i dentify all the possible mutually exclusive outcomes of a
s i ngle event
To know that i f the probability of an event occurring is p,
then the probability of it not occurring i s 1 p
To us e diagrams a nd ta bles to record i n a systematic way a ll
pos sible mutually exclusive outcomes for single events a nd

16a
16b
16d
16f

for two events (sample s pace diagram)

To es timate probabilities by collecting data from a simple
experiment a nd recording it i n a frequency ta ble
To us e Venn diagrams to s ort objects
To know a nd use the l anguage of set theory
DECIMAL CALCULATIONS
To mul tiply decimals with one or two places
To di vi de three-digit by two-digit whole numbers
To di vi de decimals with one or two places
To di vi de three-digit by two-digit whole numbers
To di vi de decimals with one or two places
END OF YEAR EXAMINATION

14a
14c
14d