Keyword list for all maths resources Maths Bank   Number & algebra    Geometry & measurement    Statistics   NUMBER & ALGEBRA KEYWORDS Animal strips Cuisenaire rods Equations GST NEMP National Standards National standards PISA TIMSS abacus addition additive identity algebraic expressions algorithms animation area arithmetic operations arrays basic facts brackets breakeven points calculator capacity change changing subject co-ordinates combinations commutativity compact form concept cartoons conversion of units cubic numbers decimal fractions decimal places decimals discount discourse distance-time graphs distances divisibility division dot plots double number lines doubling enlargement equal sharing equal to equality equations equivalent fractions equivalent ratios estimation even numbers expanded form expansion factorisation factors flowcharts forecasting fractions fractions as measures fractions as operators front-end functional rules gradient graph construction graph interpretation greater than growing patterns halving identity improper fractions index form indices inequations intercepts inverse journalling key competencies length less than line graphs linear equations linear graphs mapping diagrams matching mixed fractions model construction money multiples multiplication negative numbers number lines number machines number pairs number patterns number sentences number sequences numerosity odd numbers order of magnitude order of operations ordered pairs ordering ordering numbers ordinal position part-whole fractions partitioning patterns peer assessment percentages perimeter pie graphs place value place value blocks plotting co-ordinates powers prime numbers problem solving properties of one properties of zero proportions quadratic equation qualitative data quotient quotition rates rational numbers ratios recursive rules relational thinking relationships remainders repeating patterns repeating units rounding rules scale scale factors sets significant figures simplest form simplify skip counting slopes spatial patterns speed square numbers square roots standard form story problems strategies substitution subtraction table interpretation tens frames time time-series unitising units of measurement venn diagrams weight whole numbers work samples   GEOMETERY & MEASUREMENT KEYWORDS 2-dimensional shapes 24-hour time 3-dimensional objects 3-dimensional shapes NEMP National Standards National standards PISA Pythagoras theorem a.m. acute addition adjacent angles alternate angles analogue time angle bisectors angle of rotation angle properties angles anticlockwise arc area calendar interpretation capacity centre of enlargement centre of rotation circles circumcentre circumference clockwise co-interior angles co-ordinates comparison compass compass bearings composite shapes cone conversion of units corners cosine cross-sections cubes cuboids cylinder cylinders date days decimals diameter digital time direction distances distortion division double number lines drawing edges enlargement equal to equilateral estimation exterior angles faces graph construction greater than grid references grids hectares height hexagonal prisms horizontal hours interior angles invariant properties isometric drawings isosceles left length less than line segments linear scales lines location locus maps mass matching measuring minutes model construction model drawings money months multiplication negative numbers nets non-linear scales obtuse opposite angles order of symmetry ordering ordering numbers p.m. parallel lines parallelograms patterns peer assessment perimeter perpendicular perpendicular bisectors plans plotting scales polygons prisms pyramids quadrilaterals radius rates ratios reading scales rectangles rectangular prisms reflection reflex regular polygons relationships repeating units right right angle triangles right angles rotation rounding ruler scale scale factors scalene seconds sectors shortest paths sides similar triangles sine slopes speed spheres squares straight subtraction surface area symmetry table interpretation tangents tangrams temperature tessellations time time lines time-zones transformations translation triangles triangular prisms trigonometry unit squares unitising units units of measurement vectors vertical vertices views volume weeks weight work samples years   STATISTICS KEYWORDS NEMP National Standards angles animation arrays back-to-back stem-and-leaf graphs bar graphs bi-variate data bias box-and-whisker graphs combinations composite graphs continuous data cycle data collection data interpretation data tables discrete data distribution dot plots equivalent fractions experiments fair games fractions frequency tables graph construction graph interpretation histograms line graphs long-run relative frequency long-run relative probability matching mean median mode multivariate data outliers percentages pictographs pie graphs planning investigations plotting scales predict-observe-explain prediction 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