Free maths worksheets and resources for every part of the KS3 curriculum
An entire breakdown of the National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study for Year 7-9 with worksheets, activities, ideas, PowerPoints and more for every element…
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Maths homework worksheets
Help students practise their maths skills with these free maths homework question packs for Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 and GCSE maths.
You can also download 100+ problem-solving questions in our KS3 maths worksheets pack from White Rose Maths.
Number
Pupils should be taught to:
Understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size
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Order positive and negative integers, decimals and fractions; use the number line as a model for ordering of the real numbers; use the symbols =, ≠, <, >, ≤, ≥
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- Negative numbers worksheet – KS3 maths resource with answers
- Problem solving with negative numbers worksheets
Use the four operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers, decimals, proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers, all both positive and negative
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- Adding fractions with the same denominator
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Multiplying and dividing fractions codebreakers
- Multiplying and dividing fractions PowerPoint
Use conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers, roots and reciprocals
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- BODMAS questions for KS3 maths – Order of operations worksheet with answers
- BIDMAS first steps worksheets
- Order of operations (BIDMAS)
Recognise and use relationships between operations including inverse operations
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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
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Interpret and compare numbers in standard form A x 10n 1≤A<10, where n is a positive or negative integer or zero
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Work interchangeably with terminating decimals and their corresponding fractions (such as 3.5 and 7/2 or 0.375 and 3/8)
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Define percentage as ‘number of parts per hundred’, interpret percentages and one quantity as a percentage of another, compare two quantities using percentages, and work with percentages greater than 100%
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- Percentage questions – KS3 maths worksheet with answers
- Non-calculator method percentages lesson and worksheets
Interpret fractions and percentages as operators
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- Fractions, decimals and percents worksheets – KS3 maths resource with answers
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
Use standard units of mass, length, time, money and other measures, including with decimal quantities
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Round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures]
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Use approximation through rounding to estimate answers and calculate possible resulting errors expressed using inequality notation a<x≤b
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Use a calculator and other technologies to calculate results accurately and then interpret them appropriately
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Algebra
Pupils should be taught to:
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; a2b in place of a × a × b; a/b in place of a ÷ b; coefficients written as fractions rather than as decimals; brackets
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Substitute numerical values into formulae and expressions, including scientific formulae
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Understand and use the concepts and vocabulary of expressions, equations, inequalities, terms and factors
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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
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Understand and use standard mathematical formulae; rearrange formulae to change the subject
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Model situations or procedures by translating them into algebraic expressions or formulae and by using graphs
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Use algebraic methods to solve linear equations in one variable (including all forms that require rearrangement)
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Work with coordinates in all four quadrants
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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
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Interpret mathematical relationships both algebraically and graphically
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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
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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
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Find approximate solutions to contextual problems from given graphs of a variety of functions, including piece-wise linear, exponential and reciprocal graphs
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Generate terms of a sequence from either a term-to-term or a position-to-term rule
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Recognise arithmetic sequences and find the nth term
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- Nth term questions – KS3/4 linear sequences worksheet with answers
- Graph sequences – Grades F to C
- Arithmetic sequences worksheets
Recognise geometric sequences and appreciate other sequences that arise
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Ratio, proportion and rates of change
Pupils should be taught to:
Change freely between related standard units [for example time, length, area, volume/capacity, mass]
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Use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps
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Express one quantity as a fraction of another, where the fraction is less than 1 and greater than 1
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Use ratio notation, including reduction to simplest form
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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
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Understand that a multiplicative relationship between two quantities can be expressed as a ratio or a fraction
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Relate the language of ratios and the associated calculations to the arithmetic of fractions and to linear functions
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Solve problems involving percentage change, including: percentage increase, decrease and original value problems and simple interest in financial mathematics
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- Percentage changes in football wages worksheet
- Homes Under the Hammer percentage change worksheet
- Storage Hunters percentage change (profit/loss) worksheet
Solve problems involving direct and inverse proportion, including graphical and algebraic representations
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Use compound units such as speed, unit pricing and density to solve problems
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Geometry and measures
Pupils should be taught to:
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)
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Calculate and solve problems involving: perimeters of 2-D shapes (including circles), areas of circles and composite shapes
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Draw and measure line segments and angles in geometric figures, including interpreting scale drawings
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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
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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
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Use the standard conventions for labelling the sides and angles of triangle ABC, and know and use the criteria for congruence of triangles
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Derive and illustrate properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, and other plane figures [for example, equal lengths and angles] using appropriate language and technologies
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Identify properties of, and describe the results of, translations, rotations and reflections applied to given figures
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Identify and construct congruent triangles, and construct similar shapes by enlargement, with and without coordinate grids
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Apply the properties of angles at a point, angles at a point on a straight line, vertically opposite angles
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Understand and use the relationship between parallel lines and alternate and corresponding angles
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- Angles in parallel lines worksheet – KS3 maths resource with answers
- Angles in parallel lines – comparing methods
- Angles of Parallel Lines PowerPoint
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
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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
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- Pythagoras’ theorem PRET homework worksheet
- Pythagoras’ theorem and coordinates lesson
- Pythagoras’ theorem questions
Use Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometric ratios in similar triangles to solve problems involving right-angled triangles
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- Introductory trigonometry lesson PowerPoint
- Trigonometry levelled activity
- Trigonometry in right-angled triangles matching activities
Use the properties of faces, surfaces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres to solve problems in 3-D
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Interpret mathematical relationships both algebraically and geometrically.
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Probability
Pupils should be taught to:
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
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- Introduction to probability and probability scale lesson
- Probability full lesson PowerPoint and worksheets
Understand that the probabilities of all possible outcomes sum to 1
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Enumerate sets and unions/intersections of sets systematically, using tables, grids and Venn diagrams
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Generate theoretical sample spaces for single and combined events with equally likely, mutually exclusive outcomes and use these to calculate theoretical probabilities.
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Statistics
Pupils should be taught to:
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)
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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
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Describe simple mathematical relationships between two variables (bivariate data) in observational and experimental contexts and illustrate using scatter graphs.
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- Scatter diagrams
- Plotting scatter graphs PowerPoint and worksheet
- Correlation street draw and use scatter graphs activity
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