Examples of connections

Explanation

Competence aims after year 5

  • explore and explain relationships between fractions, decimal numbers and percentages, and use these in mental arithmetic
  • describe fractions as parts of the whole, as parts of a set and as numbers on the number line, and evaluate and name the quantities
  • represent fractions in different ways and switch between the different representations
  • develop and use different strategies for calculations with positive numbers and fractions, and explain one’s own thought processes
  • formulate and solve problems from one’s own everyday life that are related to fractions
  • discuss randomness and probability in games and practical situations and relate this to fractions
  • solve equations and inequalities through logical reasoning and explain what it means that a number is a solution to an equation
  • create and solve tasks in a spreadsheet related to personal finance
  • formulate and solve problems from one’s own everyday life that are related to time
  • create and programme algorithms with the use of variables, conditions and loops

Formative assessment