The focus is on developing mathematical fluency, mathematical reasoning and problem-solving.
The curriculum includes:

Number

• Place value

• Positive and negative integers, decimals and fractions

• Prime numbers, factors and multiples

• The four operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide)

• Using conventional notation for the priority of operations

• Powers and roots

• Terminating decimals and their corresponding fractions

• Percentages

• Units of mass, length, time, money etc

• Rounding up/down

• Approximation and estimation

• Using calculators and technology to solve problems

Algebra

• Using and interpreting algebraic notation

• Substituting numerical values into formulae

• The concepts of expressions, equations, inequalities, terms and factors

• Simplifying algebraic expressions

• Understanding and using standard mathematical formulae

• Linear equations

• Coordinates in all four quadrants

• Graphs of linear and quadratic functions

• Approximate solutions to conceptual problems

• Arithmetic and geometric sequences

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

• Changing between standard units

• Scale factors, scale diagrams and maps

• Ratio notation

• Expressing quantities as ratios or fractions

• Solving percentage change problems

• Direct and inverse proportion

• Compound units such as speed, density and unit pricing

Geometry and measures

• Problems of perimeter, area and volume

• Angles

• Interpreting scale drawings

• Using ruler and compass

• Drawing and labelling using conventional terms and notations

• Translations, rotations and reflections

• Congruent triangles

• Faces, surfaces and edges

• Pythagoras' Theorem

Probability

• Recording, describing and analysing probability experiments

• Tables, grids and Venn diagrams

• Theoretical sample spaces for single and combined events

Statistics

• Mean, mode, median, range and spread of outliers

• Constructing and interpreting frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, pictograms, scatter graphs and vertical line charts

• Describing simple mathematical relationships between two variables