• Includes pre-Year 6 preparation and practice.
• Includes coverage of all Y6 National Curriculum Algebra objectives.
• Offers a high level of challenge and mastery for Y6 and beyond.
• Offers built-in differentiation and progression.

Flipbook for whiteboard display

Teachers’ notes

Part 1: Pre-Year 6 Expectations:

Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve missing number problems 

Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve missing number word problems

Use the relationship between multiplication and division to solve missing number problems

Use multiplication or division to solve missing number word problems

Understand that any symbol can be used to represent numbers 

Understand that any symbol can be used to represent numbers. Use the relationship between operations 

Make both sides of an equation equal, where one side contains a missing number 

ANSWERS – PART 1 

Part 2: Year 6 (and beyond) Expectations:

Begin to use letters to represent variables

(Strategy modelled) Solve equations where letters represent missing numbers 

Solve equations where letters represent missing lengths 

Solve equations where letters represent missing lengths in shapes 

Solve equations where letters represent missing co-ordinates 

Solve equations where letters represent missing angles 

Use simple formulae 

Generate and describe linear number sequences 

Use a formula to generate a number in a number sequence 

Express missing number problems algebraically 

Solve equivalent expressions, where a letter represents one unknown number 

Find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns 

Enumerate the possibilities of two variables 

(Strategy modelled) Solve equations using the correct order of operations 

(Strategy modelled) Solve equations with an unknown number on both sides 

ANSWERS – PART 2