Fluently and flexibly solve problems that require operations on numbers, understanding the relative size of those numbers, and making sense of the answer in context.
recognise the (degree of) precision required for the context
Rounding numbers
Rounding decimals
Rounding to significant figures
Rounding in word problems
choose an appropriate approach to calculation (written, mental or digital)
Adding whole numbers
Subtracting whole numbers
Multiplying whole numbers
Dividing whole numbers
work with whole numbers up to billions, fractions, decimals to 3 places, percentages, and integers
Remember you can use your calculator in the Numeracy CAA.
Reading big numbers
Saying and writing big numbers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide integers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals
Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions
Adding integers
Subtracting integers
Multiplying integers
Dividing integers
Convert fraction to a percentage
Find a percentage of a number
Percentage discount
Percentage change
Order of operations - intro
BEDMAS - 1
BEDMAS - 2
BEDMAS - 3
calculate averages (including the mean)
Note: The average is a number expressing the central value or typical value of a set of data. This could be the mean, median, or mode, depending on the type of data.
Finding the mean
Finding the median
Finding the mode
work with simple interest
Simple interest
Note: you do not need to work with compound interest for the Numeracy CAA, but you will need to know it for AS1.2
The problems that learners solve will include commonly encountered rates, ratios, and powers.
Rates
Rates - part 2
Introduction to ratios
Using ratios
Powers / Index form
Index form to numbers
Square roots
Cube roots
Ordinary numbers into standard form (big)
Ordinary numbers into standard form (small)
Standard form into ordinary numbers (big)
Standard form into ordinary numbers (small)
The following fall outside the benchmark:
multiplying and dividing fractions
negative and fractional exponents
properties of exponents
reverse percentage problems
compound interest
That means these will NOT be in the Numeracy CAA.
Other number skills you might find helpful
Factors of numbers
Multiples of numbers
Highest common factors
Prime numbers to 100