This is the KS3 overview for Year 9 for 2020-21
This is an approximate timeline for the course content for Mr Chambers week by week:
Term 1A Weekly Content for Mr Chambers’ class
Week 1: Start 24 August. Review Y8 and start indices
CIMT ex 3.1 (p38). ex 3.2 (p43)
1) Introduction to Indices
2) Indices laws for multiplying powers
3) Indices law for division
Week 2: Start 31 August. Indices and standard form
CIMT Negative indices. ex 3.3 (p47). Standard form. ex 3.4 (p52)
4) More indices laws
5) Negative indices
6) Standard form
Week 3: Start 7 September. Fractions – add, times, multiply, divide. Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.
CIMT Equivalent fractions. ex 4.1 (p59), Fraction operations. ex4.3 (p66). FDP ex4.4 (p72)
1) Adding Fractions 1:
2) Adding Fractions 2:
3) Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
4) Mixed numbers to improper fractions
5) Multiply fractions
6) Divide fractions
Week 4: Start 14 September. Fractions and percentages of amounts. Increase and decrease by a percentage.
CIMT Fractions of amounts. ex 4.2 (p63), Increase by %. ex 4.5 (p77)
7) Fractions of Amounts
8) Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
9) Finding a percentage of a number:
10) Increase and decrease by a percentage:
11) Percentage change:
Week 5: Start 21 September. Percentages – Simple and compound interest.
14) Compound interest:
15) Simple interest:
Week 6: Start 28 September. Solving linear equations. Coordinates
CIMT Linear equation. ex 5.3 (p98). Coordinates ex 5.1 (p83).
3) Solving equations (x on one side):
4) Solving equations (x on both sides):
1) Plot coordinates:
Week 7: Start 5 October. Review. [Test date to be confirmed]
