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 | 4N4a – identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations 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
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5N1 – count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000 5N2 – read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 5N3a – determine the value of each digit in numbers up to 1,000,000 5N3b – read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals 5N4 – round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 5N5 – interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero 5N6 – solve number problems and practical problems that involve 5N1–5N5 | 5 | |
C: Addition and subtraction | 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) 5C4 – solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why | 5 | |
C: Multiplication and division | 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 | 4 |
5C5a – identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number and common factors of two numbers 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 | |
C: Solve problems / order of operations | 4C8 – solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two-digit numbers by one digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects | 4 |
5C8a – solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes 5C8b – solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign | 5 | |
F: Fractions | 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 4F10b – solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places |
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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] 5F2b – identify name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths 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 | |
F: Decimals, percentages and equivalence | 4F7 – round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number 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 |
5F6a – read and write decimal numbers as fractions [e.g. 0.71 = 71/100] 5F6b – recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents 5F8 – read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places 5F10 – solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places 5F11 – recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’; write percentages as a fraction with denominator hundred, and as a decimal 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 | |
M: Measurement, area, perimeter, volume and time | 4M1 – compare different measures, including money in pounds and pence 4M4a – read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12-hour clocks 4M4c – solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days 4M7a – measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres | 4 |
5M4 – solve problems involving converting between units of time 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] 5M7b – calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes 5M8 – estimate volume [e.g. using 1 cm3 blocks to build cuboids (including cubes)] and capacity [e.g. using water] | 5 | |
M: Measurement problem solving | 5M9c – use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [e.g. mass] using decimal notation, including scaling 5M9d – use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [e.g. volume] using decimal notation, including scaling | 5 |
G & P: Geometry, position and direction | 5G2a – use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles 5G4a – know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles 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 |
S: Statistics | 4S1 – interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs | 4 |
5S1 – complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables 5S2 – solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph | 5 |
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