Here you will find an overview of what a child needs to know at a KS2 level, the KS2 arks over the age range of 7-11 (years 3,4,5, and 6).

The child must be able to:

YEAR 3:

• Count up and down in tenths
• Equivalent fractions
• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
• Order fractions
• Utilise all the skills above to answer questions involving all of those aspects

 

YEAR 4:

• Use diagrams to represent equivalent fractions
• Count in hundredths forwards and backwards
• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
• Write decimal equivalents of some fractions

 

YEAR 5:

• Order fractions with denominators that are multiples of each other
• Write equivalent fractions that are presented visually
• Mixed fractions
• Multiply mixed and proper fractions
• Write decimal numbers as fractions
• Be able to mix between percentages, decimals, and fractions to answer questions

 

YEAR 6:

• Use common factors to simplify fractions
• Put fractions into sequences of highest to lowest and lowest to highest with fractions larger than 1
• Add and subtract improper and proper fractions
• Multiply fractions
• Divide fractions
• Divide fractions and write the answer in decimal form