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Topics will include: - Place value - Operations on integers - Multiply and divide fractions and decimals - Written methods - Angle facts - Order of operations - Introduction to data ### Year 8 In Year 8, students will continue to explore and discover ideas with a continued emphasis on improving problem solving skills. Topics will include: - Prime factorisation - Add and subtract fractions - Negative numbers - Sequences, expressions and equations - Triangles, quadrilaterals and parallel lines - Percentage - Ratio - Rounding - Circumference and area of circles - 3d shapes and nets - Surface area and volume; statistics ### Year 9 In Year 9 students are continuing their 5 year pathway to GCSE. They will explore more difficult concepts whilst continuing to develop skills in solving problems and reasoning a mathematical argument. There is a focus on algebra and a more extensive review of data handling. 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