
This article provides an outline of the test content assessed in the Year 6 Maths Autumn assessments.
Curriculum area | Curriculum statement | Curriculum year |
N: Number | 4N1 – count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000 4N2b – find 1,000 more or less than a given number 4N3a – recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones) 4N4b – round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000 4N6 – solve number and practical problems that involve 4N1-4N5 and with increasingly large positive numbers | 4 |
5N3a – determine the value of each digit in numbers up to 1,000,000 5N4 – round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 | 5 | |
6N5 – use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero 6N6 – solve number problems and practical problems that involve 6N2-6N5 | 6 | |
C: Addition and subtraction | 3C1 – add and subtract numbers mentally including: a three-digit number and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a three-digit number and hundreds 3C4 – solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction | 3 |
4C2 – add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate 4C4 – solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why | 4 | |
5C1 – add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers 5C2 – add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction) | 5 | |
C: Multiplication and division | 3C7 – write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that pupils know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods | 3 |
4C6a – recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12 4C6b – use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers 4C7 – multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout | 4 | |
5C5b – know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (nonprime) numbers 5C5c – establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19 5C5d – recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3) 5C6a – multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts 5C6b – multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000 5C7a – multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers 5C7b – divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context | 5 | |
6C5 – identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers 6C7a – multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication 6C7b – divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context 6C7c – divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context | 6 | |
C: Solve problems / order of operations | 3C8 – solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects | 3 |
5C8b – solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign | 5 | |
6C9 – use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations | 6 | |
F: Fractions | 3F1b – recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators 3F10 – solve problems that involve 3F1-3F4 | 3 |
4F2 – recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions 4F4 – add and subtract fractions with the same denominator 4F10a – solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number | 4 | |
5F2a – recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other; write mathematical statements >1 as a mixed number [e.g. 2/5 + 4/5 = 6/5 = 1 1/5] 5F3 – compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number 5F4 – add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number 5F5 – multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams | 5 | |
6F2 – use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination 6F4 – add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions 6F5a – multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form [e.g. 1/4 × 1/2 = 1/8] | 6 | |
F: Decimals, percentages and equivalence | 4F8 – compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places 4F10b – solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places | 4 |
5F6b – recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents 5F7 – round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place 5F8 – read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places 5F10 – solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places 5F12 – solve problems that require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5, 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25 | 5 | |
6F9b – multiply one-digit numbers with up to two-decimal places by whole numbers 6F9c – use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to two-decimal places | 6 | |
R: Ratio | 6R1 – solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities, where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts 6R2 – solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [e.g. of measures such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison | 6 |
A: Algebra | 6A1 – express missing number problems algebraically 6A2 – use simple formulae 6A4 – find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns | 6 |
M: Measurement, area, perimeter, volume and time | 3M1c – compare volume/capacity (l/ml) 3M2a – measure lengths (m/cm/mm) 3M2c – measure volume/capacity (l/ml) | 3 |
4M4b – read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 24-hour clocks 4M5 – convert between different units of measurement [e.g. kilometre to metre; hour to minute] 4M7a – measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres | 4 | |
5M5 – convert between different units of metric measure [e.g. kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre] | 5 | |
6M6 – convert between miles and kilometres 6M8a – calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including centimetre cubed (cm3) and cubic metres (m3), and extending to other units [e.g. mm3 and km3] | 6 | |
M: Measurement problem solving | 4M9 – calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence | 4 |
5M9a – use all four operations to solve problems involving measures [money] using decimal notation, including scaling 5M9b – use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [e.g. length] using decimal notation, including scaling | 5 | |
G & P: Geometry, position and direction | 3G2 – identify horizontal, vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines 3G4b – identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn; identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle | 3 |
4G2a – compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles based on their properties and sizes | 4 | |
5G4b – identify angles at a point and one whole turn (total 360°); angles at a point on a straight line and 1/2 a turn (total 180°); other multiples of 90° 5G4c – draw given angles and measure them in degrees (°) 5P2 – identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a refection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed | 5 | |
6G3a – draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles 6G3b – recognise and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets 6P3 – describe positions on the full co-ordinate grid (all four quadrants) | 6 | |
S: Statistics | 4S1 – interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs 4S2 – solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs | 4 |
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