MATHEMATICS YEAR 7

FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK
WEEK 1 REVISION
WEEK 2 WHOLE NUMBER
Count and write in millions, billions and trillions.
Apply the counting, writing and reading of large numbers in everyday life.
Roman system of counting.
WEEK 3 EXERCISE IN FOUR BASIC OPERATIONS
Addition.
Subtraction.
Multiplication.
Division with the use of place value.
WEEK 4 FACTORS AND MULTIPLES
Prime numbers and prime factors.
Index forms and common factors.
HIGHEST COMMON FACTORS (H.C.F)
LOWEST COMMON FACTORS (L.C.M)
WEEK 5 FRACTIONS
Meaning and identification of fractions.
Reduction of fractions to lowest term.
Equivalent fractions, meaning and production.
Arrange given fraction either in ascending or descending order.
WEEK 6 FRACTIONS II
Addition and Subtraction of fractions
Multiplication and Division of Fractions.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
WEEK 7 HALF TERM
WEEK 8 FRACTIONS III
Convert fractions to decimals, decimals to fractions.
Convert fractions to percentages, percentages to fractions.
Changing percentages to decimals, decimals to percentages.
WEEK 9 ESTIMATION
Estimate the dimension and distance within the school.
Estimate the objects.
Statistics of people, e.g., height.
Solve problems on quantitative reasoning in estimation.
WEEK 10 NUMBER BASE 2
Counting in base 2.
Addition and subtraction of numbers in base 2.
Multiplication of numbers in base 2 numerals.
Quantitative reasoning involving problems related to conversion and application of numbers in base 2 numbers.
Convert base 10 numerals to binary numbers.
WEEK 11 REVISION
WEEK 12 EXAMINATION
WEEK 13 CLOSING
SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK
1 ESTIMATION (i) Estimate dimensions in lengths, distances, capacities and mass of various objects.
(ii) Identify the difference in the size. 2 APPROXIMATION (i) Approximate answers to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. (ii) Round off numbers to various degrees of accuracy. Apply approximation to everyday life. 3 OPEN SENTENCES (i) Solve problems with open sentences. (ii) Use letters to represent symbols in open sentences. 4 SIMPLIFICATION OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION (i) Identify positive and negative coefficients of terms. (ii) Add and subtract like terms. (iii) Collect and simplify like terms. 5 SIMPLIFYING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION 2 (i) Insert/remove brackets. Simplify algebraic expressions. (ii) Write words in symbolic terms. 6 SIMPLE EQUATIONS (i) Solve open sentences involving two operations. (ii) Translate word sentences into equations. (iii) Solve simple equations and check the solution of an equation. 7 & 8 BASIC PROPERTIES OF THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPES (i) Identify the properties.
(ii) Solve questions relating to shapes.