English National Curriculum, Programme Of Study For Year 6 Mathematics

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Pupils should be taught to use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations

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BIDMAS A self marking exercise testing the application of BIDMAS, an acronym describing the order of operations used when evaluating expressions.

BIDMAS Game An online interactive game celebrating the order of mathematical operations.

BIDMAS Video A reminder of the order of operations often referred to as BIDMAS, BODMAS or PEMDAS.

Missing Operations Exercise Each box represents a missing operation (add, subtract, multiply or divide). What are they?

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Arithmetic The ability to perform mathematical calculations is still very important despite our hi-tech environment. Good numeracy skills support the understanding of more advanced mathematical concepts at all levels. Mathematicians still consider mastery of the manual algorithms to be a necessary foundation for the study of algebra and computer science. Pupils should have a good grasp of the meaning of numbers and use their understanding of place value to multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions. They should be able to order, add and subtract negative numbers in context. They should use all four operations with decimals rounding answers where required. They should be able to solve simple problems involving ratio and direct proportion and calculate fractional or percentage parts of quantities and measurements, using a calculator where appropriate. See also the Mental Methods topic and our Number Skills Inventory.

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English National Curriculum, Programme Of Study For Year 6 Mathematics

Number – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

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