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 |
R | 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
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| Mean, average, pie chart, construct, | Algebra
Linear number sequence, substitute, variables, symbol, known values, formula, formulae, algebraically
Ratio and Proportion
Scale factor |