Year 9

Block 1
9 weeks to cover content, then 1 lesson for the assessment and 1 lesson for feedback at an appropriate time. The assessment will take place on Thursday 30th
November (A Half) and Monday 27th November (B Half). It will be 40 minutes long.

There will be no set changes following this assessment.

GCSE specification objectives covered: N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N14, N15, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A17, A21

Add Maths objectives covered: AL1, AL2, AL3

 Objectives students need to meet Resource ideas A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3

Number Skills 1: 1/2 lessons
Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals, whole numbers including any number between 0 and
1
Put digits in the correct place in a decimal calculation and use one calculation to find the answer to
another: e.g. if 17 x 35= 595, what is 1.7 x 0.35.
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, the nearest integer, to a given number of decimal
places and to a given number of significant figures
Estimate answers to one- or two-step calculations, including use of rounding numbers and formal
estimation to 1 significant figure: mainly whole numbers and then decimals e.g. estimate the value
. × .
of .
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Fractions 1-3 lessons
Express a given number as a fraction of another
Find equivalent fractions and compare the size of fractions
Write a fraction in its simplest form, including using it to simplify a calculation,
50 5
e.g. 50 ÷ 20 = = = 2.5
20 2
Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions
Add and subtract fractions, including mixed numbers
Multiply and divide fractions, including mixed numbers and whole numbers and vice versa
Understand and use unit fractions as multiplicative inverses; e.g. 3 ÷ = 3 × 2
By writing the denominator in terms of its prime factors, decide whether fractions can be converted
to recurring or terminating decimals (If its prime factors only include 2 or 5 it will terminate, if it
includes any other number it will recur.)
 Convert a fraction to a recurring decimal and vice versa
Find the reciprocal of an integer, decimal or fraction
Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages;
Indices 1 – 3 lessons
Use index notation for integer powers of 10, including negative powers
Recognise powers of 2, 3, 4, 5
Use the square, cube and power keys on a calculator and estimate powers and roots of any given
positive number, by considering the values it must lie between, e.g. the square root of 42 must be
between 6 and 7
Find the value of calculations using indices including positive, fractional and negative indices
1 1
1
Recall that n0 = 1 and n–1 = for positive integers n as well as, n 2 = √n and n 3 = 3√n for any positive
n
number n
Understand that the inverse operation of raising a positive number to a power n is raising the result
1
of this operation to the power
n
Use index laws to simplify and calculate the value of numerical expressions involving multiplication
and division of integer powers, fractional and negative powers, and powers of a power, including on
a calculator.
Use brackets and the hierarchy of operations up to and including with powers and roots inside the
brackets, or raising brackets to powers or taking roots of brackets
Factors 1 - 2 lessons
Identify factors, multiples and prime numbers
Find the prime factor decomposition of positive integers – write as a product using index notation
Find common factors and common multiples of two numbers
Find the LCM and HCF of two numbers, by listing, Venn diagrams and using prime factors – include
finding LCM and HCF given the prime factorisation of two numbers
Understand that the prime factor decomposition of a positive integer is unique, whichever factor
pair you start with, and that every number can be written as a product of prime factors
Surds 1-2 lessons (can be linked to the extension task)
Understand surd notation, e.g. calculator gives answer to sq rt 8 as 4 rt 2
Simplify surd expressions involving squares (e.g. √12 = √(4 × 3) = √4 × √3 = 2√3)
Algebra Skills – manipulating expressions 2 – 3 lessons
Use algebraic notation and symbols correctly
Know the difference between a term, expression, equation, formula and an identity
Write and manipulate an expression by collecting like terms
 Substitute positive and negative numbers into expressions such as 3x + 4 and 2x3 and then into
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expressions involving brackets and powers, include v = u + at, v2 – u2 = 2as, and s = ut + at
2
4x
Simplify expressions by cancelling, e.g. = 2x
2
Simplify algebraic expressions involving indices, including fractional and negative.
Multiply a single term over a bracket and recognise factors of algebraic terms involving single
brackets and simplify expressions by factorising, including subsequently collecting like terms
Solve linear equations 1 – 2 lessons
Solve linear equations, with integer coefficients, in which the unknown appears on either side or on
both sides of the equation
Solve linear equations which contain brackets, including those that have negative signs occurring
anywhere in the equation, and those with a negative solution
translate simple situations or procedures into algebraic expressions or formulae
derive an equation, solve it and interpret the solution
Change the subject of a formula 1 – 2 lessons
Change the subject of a simple formula, i.e. linear one-step, such as x = 4y
Change the subject of a formula, including cases where the subject is on both sides of the original
formula, or involving fractions and small powers of the subject
Expand brackets 1 – 2 lessons
Expand the product of two linear expressions, including squaring
Expand the product of more than two linear expressions
Factorise Quadratics 1 – 2 lessons
Factorise quadratic expressions of the form ax2 + bx + c
Factorise quadratic expressions using the difference of two squares
Solve quadratic equations 1 – 3 lessons
Solve a quadratic equation by factorising
Solve a quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula
Algebraic Fractions 1 – 2 Lessons (Extended in Blue section below)
Manipulate (add subtract, multiply and divide) fractions involving simple algebraic terms
Simplify Fractions – this could include fractions involving quadratics/difference of two squares etc
Proof 1- 2 lessons (or linked with other topics)
Understand the ≠ symbol, e.g. 6x + 4 ≠ 3(x + 2), and introduce identity ≡ sign
Simple proofs and use of ≡ in “show that” style ques ons; know the difference between an equa on
and an identity
Proof of algebraic expressions (could include algebraic fractions)
Eg: prove algebraically that (4𝑛 + 1) − (2𝑛 − 1) is an even number or
 Prove that (𝑛 + 7) − (𝑛 + 1) = 12(𝑛 + 4)
EXT: Proof of worded examples where students have to set up expressions (ie prove that ‘the sum
of any three consecutive integers is a multiple of 3’

Algebraic Fractions 3 – 5 lessons

Use the correct notation for algebraic expressions, especially fractions Add Maths textbook pg 1 - 3
Simplify algebraic fractions by cancelling common factors Add Maths textbook pg 1 – 3
Add and subtract algebraic fractions by converting to the lowest common denominator Add Maths textbook pg 1 – 3
Multiply and divide fractions, including when required to factorise first Add Maths textbook pg 4 – 9
Rationalising the Denominator 2 – 5 lessons
Rationalise denominators with a single root on the bottom
Rationalise denominators with an expression on the bottom
Solve problems involving surds giving answers in an appropriately simplified form without a
calculator
Recall how to manipulate with surds including rationalising denominators Add Maths textbook pg 4 – 9
Solve practical problems involving surds Add Maths textbook pg 4 – 9