Mathematics Improving your Key Stage 3 test result

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1 Mathematics Improving your Key Stage 3 test result A booklet of helpful hints, tips and a revision checklist Contents Page Why are KS3 tests important? 2 The Mathematics test explained 2 How can you support your child? 2 Revision Methods 3 Useful websites resources you can purchase 3 Level 4 objectives checklist 4 Level 5 objectives checklist 4/5 Level 6 objectives checklist 5 Level 7 objectives checklist 5/6 Level 8 objectives checklist 6

2 Why are KS3 Tests important? Mathematics is important because it gives students the skills to make informed decisions based on facts or information. It enables students to make predictions about real life situations based on what they see around them. It will enable students to manage time and money effectively as they grow up and be able to explain in a logical way why they have made a particular decision. KS3 tests in mathematics very important because they are used to predict how well you will do in your GCSE. Nationally 100% of students achieving a level 7 at KS3 go on to achieve a grade C or above. Between 73 96% of pupils achieving level 6 go on to get a Grade C or above and at level 5, 14 46% of students go on to achieve a GCSE grade C or above. In year 10 the mathematics classes will be determined by your child s KS3 test result. Find out from your teacher at your appointment your exact target level and your predicted level. My current level is But my target level is Mymaths login Mymaths password The Mathematics Test explained The National Curriculum test consists of 3 papers: Mental Mathematics test (30 marks) Paper 1 Non-Calculator test (60 marks) Paper 2 Calculator paper (60 marks) The test may also require use of a ruler, rubber, protractor and compass in addition to a Scientific calculator and a pen and pencil. How can you support your child? Ensure they have all of the correct equipment for the test Ensure they have a quiet place that they can use to revise Be positive about mathematics and point out it s importance Look at their exercise book and what they have learnt in school and ask questions about it Ask your child to work out calculations mentally or using pencil and paper methods and check they are correct Help them to make a revision plan Praise their hard work! 2

3 Mathematics Key stage 3 Hints, tips and revision checklist Revision Methods: 1) Read through your revision guide, text books and exercise books, this is the easiest and quickest way to revise but it is not very effective. 2) Write a list of the key words, then close the book and try to remember what these words mean. Then close the book and write down the meanings of these words 3) Make up your own questions on a topic you have decided to revise and then try to solve them. Get someone to check your work 4) Cut up A6 sized cards (or you can buy them ready made) and write examples of questions and solutions on them 5) Take a topic and draw a mind map of all the things you need to be able to do 6) Writing in colourful pens on colourful paper is not only more fun but it helps to trigger your brain. 7) Practice by doing past papers. You teacher will be giving questions to do at home but you can also buy additional past paper packs high street shops Useful websites and Resources for login details, please contact Maths Department staff Your child can log onto this website and complete lessons or revision worksheets using the booster packs. They must sign in using their own personal login and password and then their work will be marked and sent to their teacher Past papers Past papers along with their answers can be downloaded from this site Interactive Practice papers On this site your child can complete a past paper that will be instantly marked to give feedback on the questions that were done correctly or incorrectly Revision materials A good set of revision exercises and tests which show the level of each topic and give instant feedback CGP KS3 Revision Guides (Level 3-6 or 5-8) Revision Guides showing notes and procedures with a few questions to test understanding. Available from Maths Department 2.50 Bookworth Past paper Practice (Level 3-5, 4-6, 5-7 or 6-8) Packs containing 2 complete past papers including mental tests. Available from the Maths Department

4 Revision learning objectives checklist Use these checklists in addition to your revision guide to make sure you have covered everything. Level 4 Check point objectives Describe number patterns Find multiples and factors and work out the square numbers Use word formulae Use co-ordinates in the first quadrant Multiply and divide whole numbers by 10 and 100 Add and subtract numbers like and Write decimal numbers in the correct order Make 3D models and draw 2D shapes Find perimeters of shapes and areas by counting squares Know faces, edges and vertices Draw reflections of a shape in a mirror Measure lengths and angles using correct equipment Draw line graphs and read simple pie charts Draw frequency tables Find the mode and range Level 5 Check point objectives Multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 Add and subtract negative numbers Put numbers in order including negative numbers Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers like and Simplify a fraction Work out a fraction or percentage of a number Multiply or divide a three digit number by a two digit number Use inverse operations of approximation to check my answers Use simple formulae like C=2n+4 Use co-ordinates in all four quadrants Measure and draw angles to the nearest degree Remember the metric to imperial conversions Use and understand the formula for the area of a rectangle Know symmetries of 2-D shapes Know sum of angles in a triangle and at a point Convert one metric unit to another 4

5 Mathematics Key stage 3 Hints, tips and revision checklist Estimate lengths Find the mean of discrete data Use the range and one of the averages to compare two sets of data Say what diagrams and graphs show Use the probability scale from 0 to 1 Understand that experiments don t always have the same outcome Level 6 Check point objectives Use trial and improvement to sole things like x 3 +5x=38 Work out one number as a fraction or percentage of another Understand that fractions, decimals and percentages can be equivalent to each other (like 0.5=50%) Calculate using ratio Add and subtract fractions with common denominators Find and describe in words the rule for the next term in a sequence (Linear) Find and describe in words the rule for the n th term in a sequence Solve linear equations with integer coefficients Plot the graph of y=mx+c Recognise 2D representations of 3D objects Classify quadrilaterals by knowing their properties Find the missing angles when two parallel lines are intersected Solve angle problems in polygons Write instructions to make a computer draw a shape Find the area and circumference of a circle Find the volume of cuboids Enlarge a shape by a positive scale factor Work with continuous data Construct pie charts Say what a scatter diagram tells us Understand correlation Find all the possible outcomes of two experiments Use the fact that the probability of mutually exclusive events add up to 1 Level 7 Check point objectives Round to one significant figure Understand what happens when we multiply or divide by numbers between 0 and 1 Multiply and divide numbers of any size Understand proportional change 5

6 Describe in symbols the rule for the next term or nth term in a sequence (Quadratic) Multiply things like (a+b)(c+d) Simplify quadratic expressions Solve simultaneous, linear equations (Using graphs or algebra) Solve inequalities like 6[2n+1] >18 Understand and use Pythagoras Theorem in 2D Calculate lengths, areas and volumes in right prisms Enlarge a shape by a fractional scale factor Understand similarity Draw the locus of a moving object Find and understand upper and lowers bounds Use compound measures like speed, distance, time Find the modal class and an estimate to the mean, median and range when using grouped data Compare distributions using frequency polygons Draw a line of best fit on a scatter diagram Understand relative frequency Level 8 Check point objectives Solve problems involving powers, roots and standard form Solve problems involving repeated proportional change Substitute fractions and decimals into equations and expressions and find the answers Calculate one variable in a formula when I know the others Understand that a 2 +b 2 =(a+b)(a-b) Solve inequalities in two variables Sketch and interpret graphs of quadratic, cubic and reciprocal functions Interpret graphs that model real life situations Use congruence and mathematical similarity Use sine, cosine and tangent in right angled triangles in 2D Distinguish between formulae for perimeter, area and volume by considering dimensions Interpret and construct cumulative frequency diagrams Estimate the median and inter-quartile range Calculate the probability of a compound event 6