plavalmat® Maths Place Value Resources by Oakfield Learning
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    • How to Help with Maths
    • How is Maths Assessed
    • What is White Rose Maths
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plavalmat® products for Children Aged 11-14 in KS3

plavalmat® place value counters

plavalmat® Place Value Chart

With over 20 years' experience in primary education, Oakfield Learning's teacher designed, quality and affordable plavalmat® maths place value resources help children master maths in practical and engaging ways, both at school and home learning.


Our plavalmat®
place value mats, place value counters and base ten can be used in conjunction with popular schemes such as White Rose Maths and Power Maths to support teaching and learning in a wide range of  KS3 NC Objectives and to support the NCETM CHECKPOINTS

Year 7 place value chart on mat with a grid

plavalmat® Place Value Chart

plavalmat® place value counters

plavalmat® Place Value Chart

Our place value mats an be used in Year 7 with pupils who would benefit from a practical approach to help consolidate their understanding of whole numbers up to 10,000,000 and decimals to thousandths.


Also use to explore these other ks3 maths curriculum concepts in greater depth:

money; fractions, decimals and percentage equivalents; and conversion of measure


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Year 7 place value counters and disks in a box

plavalmat® place value counters

plavalmat® place value counters

plavalmat® place value counters

Boxed set of 400 embossed, double sided place value counters.  40 of each of the following values.

 

Whole Numbers: Millions, Hundred Thousands, Ten Thousands, Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Ones


Decimals: tenths, hundredths and thousandths with fraction and percentage equivalents on the reverse


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Base ten for secondary school and SEND

plavalmat® Base Ten

plavalmat® Base Ten

plavalmat® place value counters

Use to depend understanding of place value and numbers up to and including four-digits or as visual representations of decimals.


Boxed set containing:

100 x red ones cubes

20 x yellow tens rods

10 x green hundreds flats

1 x blue thousands block


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DOTS+TODS™

plavalmat® Base Ten

DOTS+TODS™

Our DOTS+TODS™ are a visual representation of positive and negative numbers.


They can be used with pupils aged 9+ who are confident with negative numbers and are ready to move on from using number lines.


DOTS+TODS™ can also be used to explore and simple algebra.


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KS3 maths objective that can be supported with plavalmat®

Develop Fluency

Develop Fluency

Develop Fluency

  • consolidate their numerical and mathematical capability from key stage 2 and extend their understanding of the number system and place value to include decimals, fractions, powers and roots
     
  • select and use appropriate calculation strategies to solve increasingly complex problems
  • use algebra to generalise the structure of arithmetic, including to formulate mathematical relationships
  • substitute values in expressions, rearrange and simplify expressions, and solve equations
  • move freely between different numerical, algebraic, graphical and diagrammatic representations [for example, equivalent fractions, fractions and decimals, and equations and graphs]
  • develop algebraic and graphical fluency, including understanding linear and simple quadratic functions
  • use language and properties precisely to analyse numbers, algebraic expressions, 2-D and 3-D shapes, probability and statistics. Reason mathematically
  • extend their understanding of the number system; make connections between number relationships, and their algebraic and graphical representations
  • extend and formalise their knowledge of ratio and proportion in working with measures and geometry, and in formulating proportional relations algebraically
  • identify variables and express relations between variables algebraically and graphically
  • make and test conjectures about patterns and relationships; look for proofs or counter examples
  • begin to reason deductively in geometry, number and algebra, including using geometrical constructions
  • interpret when the structure of a numerical problem requires additive, multiplicative or proportional reasoning
  • explore what can and cannot be inferred in statistical and probabilistic settings, and begin to express their arguments formally. 

Solve Problems

Develop Fluency

Develop Fluency

  • develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems
  • develop their use of formal mathematical knowledge to interpret and solve problems, including in financial mathematics
  • begin to model situations mathematically and express the results using a range of formal mathematical representations
  • select appropriate concepts, methods and techniques to apply to unfamiliar and nonroutine problems. 

Number

Develop Fluency

Number

  • understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size


  • order positive and negative integers, decimals and fractions; use the number line as a model for ordering of the real numbers; use the symbols =, ≠, <, >, ≤, ≥ 


  • use the concepts and vocabulary of prime numbers, factors (or divisors), multiples, common factors, common multiples, highest common factor, lowest common multiple, prime factorisation, including using product notation and the unique factorisation property 


  • use the four operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers, decimals, proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers, all both positive and negative


  • use conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers, roots and reciprocals 


  • recognise and use relationships between operations including inverse operations 


  • use integer powers and associated real roots (square, cube and higher), recognise powers of 2, 3, 4, 5 and distinguish between exact representations of roots and their decimal approximations 


  • interpret and compare numbers in standard form A x 10n 1≤A<10, where n is a positive or negative integer or zero 


  • work interchangeably with terminating decimals and their corresponding fractions (such as 3.5 and 2 7 or 0.375 and 8 3 ) 


  • define percentage as ‘number of parts per hundred’, interpret percentages and percentage changes as a fraction or a decimal, interpret these multiplicatively, express one quantity as a percentage of another, compare two quantities using percentages, and work with percentages greater than 100% 


  • interpret fractions and percentages as operators 


  • use standard units of mass, length, time, money and other measures, including with decimal quantities 


  • round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures] 


  • use approximation through rounding to estimate answers and calculate possible resulting errors expressed using inequality notation a < x ≤ b

Algebra

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

Number

  • use and interpret algebraic notation, including:

ab in place of a × b
3y in place of y + y + y and 3 × y 

a2 in place of a × a, 

a3 in place of a × a × a; 

a2 b in place of a × a × b 

b a in place of a ÷ b 

coefficients written as fractions rather than as decimals 

brackets 


  • substitute numerical values into formulae and expressions, including scientific formulae 


  • understand and use the concepts and vocabulary of expressions, equations, inequalities, terms and factors 


  • simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions to maintain equivalence by: 

collecting like terms 

multiplying a single term over a bracket 

taking out common factors

expanding products of two or more binomials


  • understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject


  • model situations or procedures by translating them into algebraic expressions or formulae and by using graphs 


  • use algebraic methods to solve linear equations in one variable (including all forms that require rearrangement) 


  • work with coordinates in all four quadrants 


  • recognise, sketch and produce graphs of linear and quadratic functions of one variable with appropriate scaling, using equations in x and y and the Cartesian plane 


  • interpret mathematical relationships both algebraically and graphically 


  • reduce a given linear equation in two variables to the standard form y = mx + c; calculate and interpret gradients and intercepts of graphs of such linear equations numerically, graphically and algebraically


  • use linear and quadratic graphs to estimate values of y for given values of x and vice versa and to find approximate solutions of simultaneous linear equations 


  • find approximate solutions to contextual problems from given graphs of a variety of functions, including piece-wise linear, exponential and reciprocal graphs


  • generate terms of a sequence from either a term-to-term or a position-to-term rule


  • recognise arithmetic sequences and find the nth term 


  • recognise geometric sequences and appreciate other sequences that arise.

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

  • change freely between related standard units [for example time, length, area, volume/capacity, mass] 

 

  • use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps 


  • express one quantity as a fraction of another, where the fraction is less than 1 and greater than 1 


  • use ratio notation, including reduction to simplest form 


  • divide a given quantity into two parts in a given part:part or part:whole ratio; express the division of a quantity into two parts as a ratio


  • understand that a multiplicative relationship between two quantities can be expressed as a ratio or a fraction 


  • relate the language of ratios and the associated calculations to the arithmetic of fractions and to linear functions


  • solve problems involving percentage change, including: percentage increase, decrease and original value problems and simple interest in financial mathematics 


  • solve problems involving direct and inverse proportion, including graphical and algebraic representations 


  • use compound units such as speed, unit pricing and density to solve problems

Geometry and measures

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

  • derive and apply formulae to calculate and solve problems involving: perimeter and area of triangles, parallelograms, trapezia, volume of cuboids (including cubes) and other prisms (including cylinders) 


  • calculate and solve problems involving: perimeters of 2-D shapes (including circles), areas of circles and composite shapes 


  • draw and measure line segments and angles in geometric figures, including interpreting scale drawings 


  • derive and use the standard ruler and compass constructions (perpendicular bisector of a line segment, constructing a perpendicular to a given line from/at a given point, bisecting a given angle); recognise and use the perpendicular distance from a point to a line as the shortest distance to the line


  • describe, sketch and draw using conventional terms and notations: points, lines, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles, regular polygons, and other polygons that are reflectively and rotationally symmetric


  • use the standard conventions for labelling the sides and angles of triangle ABC, and know and use the criteria for congruence of triangles


  • derive and illustrate properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, and other plane figures [for example, equal lengths and angles] using appropriate language and technologies 


  • identify properties of, and describe the results of, translations, rotations and reflections applied to given figures


  • identify and construct congruent triangles, and construct similar shapes by enlargement, with and without coordinate grids 


  • apply the properties of angles at a point, angles at a point on a straight line, vertically opposite angles


  • understand and use the relationship between parallel lines and alternate and corresponding angles 


  • derive and use the sum of angles in a triangle and use it to deduce the angle sum in any polygon, and to derive properties of regular polygons 


  • apply angle facts, triangle congruence, similarity and properties of quadrilaterals to derive results about angles and sides, including Pythagoras’ Theorem, and use known results to obtain simple proofs 


  • use Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometric ratios in similar triangles to solve problems involving right-angled triangles 


  • use the properties of faces, surfaces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres to solve problems in 3-D 


  • interpret mathematical relationships both algebraically and geometrically

Probability

Probability

Probability

  • record, describe and analyse the frequency of outcomes of simple probability experiments involving randomness, fairness, equally and unequally likely outcomes, using appropriate language and the 0-1 probability scale


  • understand that the probabilities of all possible outcomes sum to 1 


  • enumerate sets and unions/intersections of sets systematically, using tables, grids and Venn diagrams


  • generate theoretical sample spaces for single and combined events with equally likely, mutually exclusive outcomes and use these to calculate theoretical probabilities. 

Statistics

Probability

Probability

  • describe, interpret and compare observed distributions of a single variable through: appropriate graphical representation involving discrete, continuous and grouped data; and appropriate measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median) and spread (range, consideration of outliers)


  • construct and interpret appropriate tables, charts, and diagrams, including frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, and pictograms for categorical data, and vertical line (or bar) charts for ungrouped and grouped numerical data 


  • describe simple mathematical relationships between two variables (bivariate data) in observational and experimental contexts and illustrate using scatter graphs.

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