Key Stage 3
Year 7 Maths
The first year of secondary maths, where letters start standing in for numbers. Topics include negative numbers, writing and simplifying expressions, continuing sequences, angle rules, and a first look at probability.
What Should a Student Know in Year 7?
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16 topics
Year 7 Topics
Sequences
Describe a pattern and say what comes next
Algebraic notation
Work out the output of a 1-step machine using numbers
Expressions and equations
Understand what the equals sign really means
Place value, ordering and rounding
Write whole numbers in figures and in words
Four operations
Add and subtract whole numbers
Rounding and estimation
Round to 1 significant figure
Fractions, decimals and percentages
Show tenths and hundredths in different ways
Directed number
Place positive and negative numbers on a number line
Fractions and percentages of amounts
Find a fraction of an amount
Properties of numbers
List the multiples of a number
Add and subtract fractions
Simplify a fraction to its lowest terms
Averages and range
Find the most common value in a set of data
Graphing data
Read and draw a chart that uses pictures
Perimeter and area
Swap between metric units of length
Angles and polygons
Draw and measure lines and angles
Speed, distance and time
Swap between milliseconds, seconds, minutes and hours
Check What Is Secure
Take a module assessment on a single Year 7 topic, or a full assessment across the whole year, and see what has landed and what needs another look.
Ready for Year 8?
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