English National Curriculum, Programme Of Study For Key Stage 3 Mathematics

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Pupils should be taught to use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps

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Scale Drawings Measure line segments and angles in geometric figures, including interpreting scale drawings.

Map Scales Video Refresh your understanding of map scales expressed as ratios.

Map Scales Test your understanding of map scales expressed as ratios with this self marking quiz.

Scale Factors Video The scale factor, area factor and volume factor of similar shapes are quite different.

Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:

"The map extract shown below is drawn to a scale of 1 : 50 000." ... more

"The two shapes are mathematically similar." ... more

"A fishing boat is somewhere along the line from A to C." ... more

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Ratio A ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind. In layman's terms a ratio represents, simply, for every amount of one thing, how much there is of another thing. This topic presents a number if different ways pupils can represent ratios and apply their meaning to problem solving situations.

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Car Park Puzzle

Can you get your car out of the very crowded car park by moving other cars forwards or backwards? There are five levels of increasing difficulty and the interactive interface makes this a fun problem solving exercise.

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Not Too Close

The students numbered 1 to 8 should sit on the chairs so that no two consecutively numbered students sit next to each other. So far this activity has been accessed 53575 times and 662 Transum Trophies have been awarded for completing it.

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