Topic 4 Year 7 Mathematics 

Mathematics 
Topic  Order of operations 
No of lessons  4
When is it happening  Term 1 Year 7
What will students learn

Understand the equal priority of addition with subtraction and multiplication with division in written calculations

Understand that operations of equal priority can be evaluated in any order

Understand that written calculations follow rules of ‘syntax’ determining the order of operations

Understand the higher priority of multiplication with division over addition with subtraction in written calculations

Interpret the order of operations from written calculations, function machines and worded descriptions

Form written calculations, function machines and worded descriptions correctly embedding the order of operations

Form and identify equivalent calculations based on distributivity, commutativity and the order of operations

 

Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic 

Develop understanding of equal and non-equal priority of the four operations Interpret and form written calculations using brackets, Form calculations to work out

compound area of rectilinear

shapes

Understand equivalent calculations

including brackets and variables, Express and describe multi-step

calculations including variables

Form expressions for multi-step

calculations including variables

This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding 

Form and identify equivalent calculations based on distributivity, commutativity and the order of operations

Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' This is the skills  that students will meet for the first time in this topic

Understand equal and unequal order of priority between addition,

subtraction, multiplication and division

 Experience connecting ordered calculations to a variety of contexts and

Representations

This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop 

 Be able interpret and write calculations involving the four operations and

Brackets

Key vocabulary that students should know and understand

Syntax, Operation

The Big Question  Do you know the order of arithmetic operations ?

 

 Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic'

Am I able to represent any given sum into a function machine?
Am I able to use the order of operations effectively? BIDMAS
Am I able to write down the calculations to work out the area of a compound shape?
Am I able to use a function machine effectively to work out the start number?
Do I understand how to combine arrays as representing calculations?