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Number calculations, notation and proportion topic check

Practise number calculations, notation and proportion in G1 Mathematics, check independently, and return later to review. This check covers selected skills, not the whole course topic.

Learning goals
  • Round a signed decimal to a stated number of decimal places
  • Round a nonzero number to a stated number of significant figures
  • Estimate a four-operation calculation by rounding its inputs first
  • Evaluate rational numerical expressions with nonnegative integer powers and signed bases
  • Write a positive finite decimal in normalized standard form
  • Identify primes, factors and multiples
  • Calculate with integers and rational numbers
  • Compare and order numbers and representations
  • Express a ratio part as a fraction of the whole
  • Construct a direct-proportion expression from positive paired data and predict a new value
  • Construct an inverse-proportion expression from positive paired data and predict a new value
  • Calculate corresponding map and ground distances with compatible units
  • Calculate corresponding map and ground areas using the squared length scale
  • Determine a map's 1-to-n length scale from corresponding distances
  • Simplify a two- or three-term ratio of rational quantities
  • Share a quantity in a specified ratio
  • Find an increase as a percentage of the original
  • Find a decrease as a percentage of the original
  • Express one quantity as a percentage of another, including above 100%
  • Find a quantity after a stated percentage increase or decrease
  • Recover a quantity before a stated percentage increase or decrease
  • Calculate the average rate of a quantity over several stages, including pauses and stages given as rates
  • Convert speeds between kilometres per hour, metres per minute, metres per second and centimetres per second
  • Calculate average speed from all distances and elapsed times of a multi-stage journey
  • G1 Mathematics 2027
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Practise: Round a signed decimal to a stated number of decimal places

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Revision notes

Revise number and proportion

Calculate with signed numbers, powers, ratios and percentages, then apply proportion, map scales and average rates in G1 Mathematics.

Key ideas

  1. Signed numbers and rational calculation

    Use a number line and inverse operations to calculate with negative integers, fractions and decimals.

  2. Primes, squares, cubes and roots

    Recognise primes and interpret calculator squares, cubes and roots before using the result.

  3. Rounding and estimation

    Choose decimal places or significant figures and use a separate estimate to check a calculation.

  4. Integer powers and standard form

    Separate a repeated-factor exponent from a multiplier and express a number with a valid standard-form coefficient.

  5. Ratios and equal shares

    Use equal-sized ratio units to compare and share quantities with whole-number terms.

  6. Fractional ratios and common units

    Rename every ratio term by the same multiplier and convert unlike units before comparing.

  7. Percentages and parts of a whole

    Name the reference whole before converting or finding a percentage part.

  8. Reverse percentages and percentage change

    Identify the original whole before finding it or measuring a change.

  9. Direct and inverse proportion

    Identify a constant ratio or constant product and state the model assumptions.

  10. Map scales and area factors

    Convert map lengths in common units and square a length factor for corresponding areas.

  11. Speed and average rates

    Calculate totals before averaging rates and convert both the distance and time units.

Common mistakes

  • Mistake Multiplying always makes a quantity larger.

    Correct idea Whether multiplying makes a positive number larger depends on what you multiply by: multiplying by a number greater than 1 makes it larger, by 1 keeps it the same, and by a number between 0 and 1, such as 0.5 or 1/4, makes it smaller. For example, 8 × 0.5 = 4.

What the syllabus asks

From the G1 Mathematics 2027 syllabus

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  • Negative numbers and primes (exclude prime factorisation)
  • Integers and their four operations
  • Four operations on fractions and decimals (including negative fractions and decimals)
  • Calculations with calculator, including squares, cubes, square roots and cube roots
  • Representation and ordering of numbers on the number line
  • Use of <, >, ⩽, ⩾
  • Approximation and estimation (including rounding off numbers to a required number of decimal places or significant figures and estimating the results of computation)
  • Use of index notation for integer powers
  • Use of standard form A × 10^n, where n is an integer, and 1 ⩽ A < 10
  • Comparison between two or more quantities by ratio
  • Dividing a quantity in a given ratio
  • Ratios involving fractions and decimals
  • Equivalent ratios
  • Writing a ratio in its simplest form
  • Map scales (distance and area)
  • Direct and inverse proportion
  • Expressing percentage as a fraction or decimal
  • Finding the whole given a percentage part
  • Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another
  • Comparing two quantities by percentage
  • Percentages greater than 100%
  • Finding one quantity given the percentage and the other quantity
  • Increasing/decreasing a quantity by a given percentage
  • Finding percentage increase/decrease
  • Rates and average rates (including the concepts of speed and average speed)
  • Conversion of units (e.g. km/h to m/s)