Algebra

 

Equations, formulae and identities
	Use letter symbols to represent unknown numbers or variables; know the meanings of the words term, expression and equation.
	Understand that algebraic operations follow the same conventions and order as arithmetic operations.
	Simplify linear algebraic expressions by collecting like terms; begin to multiply a single term over a bracket (integer coefficients).
	Construct and solve simple linear equations with integer coefficients (unknown on one side only) using an appropriate method (e.g. inverse operations).
	Use simple formulae from mathematics and other subjects; substitute positive integers into simple linear expressions and formulae and, in simple cases, derive a formula.

Sequences, functions and graphs
	Generate and describe simple integer sequences.
	Generate terms of a simple sequence, given a rule (e.g. finding a term from the previous term, finding a term given its position in the sequence).
	Generate sequences from practical contexts and describe the general term in simple cases.
	Express simple functions in words, then using symbols; represent them in mappings.
	Generate coordinate pairs that satisfy a simple linear rule; plot the graphs of simple linear functions, where y is given explicitly in terms of x, on paper and using ICT; recognise straight-line graphs parallel to the x-axis or y-axis.
	Begin to plot and interpret the graphs of simple linear functions arising from real-life situations.

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