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Maths Vocabulary Map

Year group

Place Value

Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and division

Fractions, decimals and percentages

Geometry

(position and direction)

(properties of shapes)

Measures

Statistics

Problem solving

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Numbers 0-20 with words and pictorial representation, count to, ones, objects, pattern,

Bead string, cubes, numicon

Add, more, take-away, equals, how many, altogether, less

Sharing, groups, hoops, compare

 

on, under, above, behind, next to, in front of, between

circle, triangle, rectangle, square, cube, pyramid, cuboid, cone, sphere, cylinder, side, corner, face

Longer, short, bigger, smaller, heavier, lighter, empty, full, half full, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, coins,

 

Forwards, backwards

1

0-100, More/less, digit, numeral, figures, in order, different order, size Value, between, halfway, above, below, ones, tens, column, represent,  place value, beginning with 0, given number, one more, one less, Cuisenaire rods, bars, flip chart, dienes

Number bonds, number line

 

add, more, plus, make, sum, total, altogether, plus

 

inverse, double, near double, Equals, is the same as, equals sign,

 

find the difference, difference between, how many more make? How many more/fewer is…than…? How much more is…?

 

Subtract, take-away, Fewer, less

 

count on, count back

part-whole model

Odd, even

 

count in twos, threes, fives, count in tens, forwards, backwards,

 

how many times?, lots of, groups of,

 

Once, twice, three times, five times,

 

multiple of, multiply (by), times by, repeated addition, array, row, column,

double, halve,

 

share, share equally, group in pairs, threes, etc, equal groups of, divide, divided by, left, left over, repeated subtraction, divide by, groups of

Whole, equal parts, four equal parts, one half, two halves, equal, a quarter, quarters, pictorial representation of…

Position, over, underneath, below, top, side, bottom, in, outside, inside, around, front, back, before, after, beside, opposite, apart, middle, journey, left, right, up, down, forwards, backwards, sideways, across, close, far, near, along, through, to, from, towards, away from, movement, slide, roll, turn, whole turn, half turn, left turn, right turn, quarter turn, stretch, bend

Group, sort, cube, cuboid, pyramid, sphere, cone, cylinder, circle, triangle, square, shape, flat, curved, straight, round, hollow, solid,

edge, centre, corner, direction,  point, pointed,  make, build, draw, rotated, vertex, vertices

Length, height, mass, weight, capacity, Full, half full, empty, holds, container, weigh, weighs, balances, heavy, heavier, heaviest, light, lighter, lightest, scales,

 

Time, days of the week, seasons, day, week, month, year, weekend, birthday, holiday, morning, afternoon, evening, night, midnight, bedtime, dinnertime, playtime, today, yesterday, tomorrow, takes longer, takes less time, hour, o’clock, half past, hands, clock, watch, how long ago? How long will it be to? How long will it take to? How often?

 

before, after, next, last, now, soon, early, late, quick, quicker, quickest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, slowly, old, older, young, younger, youngest

 

Always, never, sometimes, usually, once, twice, first, second, third etc. estimate, close to, about the same, just over, just under, too many, too few, not enough, enough,

 

length, width, depth, height

 

long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest, high, higher, highest

 

low, wide, narrow, deep, shallow, thick, thin, far, close, near

 

metre, ruler, metre stick

 

how many? How much?

 

Money, coin, penny, pence, pound, price, cost, buy, sell, spend, spent, pay, change, dear, costs, cheaper, same as, total

 

Problem, solve, recognise, Listen, join in, say, think, imagine, remember, start from, start with, start at, look at, point to, place, fit, arrange, rearrange Change, split, separate, carry on, continue, repeat, what comes next? Find, choose, use, make, build, tell me, describe, talk about, explain, show me, read, write, record, trace, copy, complete, finish, end, fill in, shade, colour, tick, draw, cross, draw a line between, join up, ring, arrow, in order, different order, not all, every, each, estimate

2

1-100, hundreds, partition, recombine, hundred more/less, hundreds column, compare, order, in words, greater than, less than symbols

 

 

Three quarters, one third, a third, equivalence, equivalent

Rotation, clockwise, anti-clockwise, straight line, ninety degree turn, right angle,

 

Size, bigger, smaller, larger, symmetrical, line of symmetry, fold, match, mirror line, reflection, pattern, repeating pattern.

 

Base, diagonal

Quarter past/to

 

Metres, kilometre, m, km, grams, g, kilograms, kg, ml, millilitre, litres, l,

 

Temperature, degrees

 

£ p

Count, tally, sort, vote, graph, block graph, diagram, pictogram, represent, group, set, list, table, label, title, most popular, most common, least popular, least common

Predict, describe the pattern, describe the rule, find, find all, find different, investigate

3

1-1000, Roman numerals I-XIII, thousands column, consecutive

Column addition, column subtraction, operations, exchanging

Product, multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100, scale up,

Short multiplication, grid method, divisor, chunking, expanded method, short division

Numerator, denominator, unit fraction, non-unit fraction, compare, order, tenths, bisect

Greater/less than ninety degrees, orientation, same orientation, different orientation

 

Horizontal, vertical, perpendicular, parallel, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, parallelogram, rhombus, angles

Leap year, twelve hour, twenty four hour clock

Chart, bar chart, frequency table, carroll diagram, venn diagam, axis, axes, diagram,

Jottings, strategies,

4

Tenths, hundredths, decimal, decimal places, round to, round to the nearest, thousand more/less, negative integers, count through zero, Roman numerals I-C

Multiplication facts up to 12x12

Division facts

Inverse, derive

 

Equivalent decimals and fractions

Relationship between

Coordinates, translation – left, right, quadrant, x-axis, y-axis

 

Quadrilateral, triangles, right angle, acute, obtuse, isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right-angled, angle, dodecagon,

Polygon, kite

Convert, perimeter, analogue, digital, exterior, area, rectilinear shape

Continuous data, discrete, comparison, table, difference, time graphs

Ascending, descending

5

Powers of 10, 1-1,000,000,

Negative integer

Formal written method

long multiplication, expanded method, compact method, remainders, factor pairs, composite number, prime number, prime factors, square number, cubed number, formal written method, square root

Proper fractions, improper fractions, mixed number

 

Percentage, per cent, half, quarter, one fifth, two fifths, etc.

 

proportion of

 

 

Reflex angles, dimensions

Regular, irregular, polygons, Composite rectilinear

 

Translate

 

Adjacent

 

Angles at a point, whole turn, straight line, multiples of 90

Volume, imperial units, metric units, inches, pints, pounds, cubic units, bredth, interior

 

area

Line graph, timetable, interpret

 

6

1-10,000,000

Order of operations, equation

Order of operations, common factors, common multiples

 

Long division

Degree of accuracy, simplify, % of quantities

Four quadrants

 

Vertically opposite

 

Circumference, radius, diameter

 

 

 

Mean, average, pie chart, construct,

Algebra

 

Linear number sequence, substitute, variables, symbol, known values, formula, formulae, algebraically

 

Ratio and Proportion

 

Scale factor