Identify and use appropriate operations to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on ‘real life’; money or measures.
Explain methods and reasoning.
Solve simple problems involving ratio and proportion.
Know rough equivalents of lb and kg, oz and g, miles and km, litres and pints or gallons.
Develop from explaining a generalised relationship in words to expressing it in a formula using letters as symbols.
Solve mathematical problems or puzzles, recognise and explain patterns and relationships, generalise and predict. Suggest extensions asking ‘What if…?’