1. Northamptonshire Adult Learning
Family Math's
Lysa Murphy
Northamptonshire Adult Learning

2. Topic Aims Method Equipment Duration Level Hidden Maths Glossary
To use as an assessment tool for what learners have remembered about the course.
To use a reference document
Useful for checking children's homework
Level
Level 3
Method
Glossary with some examples, the rest to complete by the Student, this will be used as an assessment tool for what learners have remembered about the course.
Equipment
Hand-Outs
Pens/Pencils
Calculators (if allowed)
Duration
>10 to 20 Minutes
Hidden

3. Glossary To Print Term Description Example Acute
An angle that is less than 90˚
Array
Numbers, letters or shapes arranged in a rectangle
Decimal fraction
Any fraction in which the bottom number is 10, 100, 1000 13
100
The bottom number in a fraction
Equivalent fraction
Two or more fractions with the same value
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4. Glossary To Print Term Description Example Face
A flat surface on a 3D shape
Factor
A whole number that divides exactly into another number
Factors of 15 are 1, 3, 5, 15
Fraction
Integer
A whole number (negative whole numbers are also counted as integers)
0, +1, +2, ...
-1, -2, ...
Inverse operation
Mean
Affected by extreme values
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5. Glossary To Print Term Description Example Multiple
The result of multiplying a whole number by another whole number
28 is a multiple of 7 because 7 x 4 is 28
The top number in a fraction
5  7
Obtuse 
An angle that is more than 90˚ but less than 180 
Parallel 
The distance around the edge of a shape
Place Value 
A three or more (straight) sided shape
Prime number 
A number that only has 2 factors, 1 and itself
1 is not a prime number
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6. Glossary To Print Term Description Example
A 3D object whose two ends are the same polygon and which has the same cross-section along its length
Product
Multiplying 2 or more numbers together
The product of 3 and 6 is 18
Right angle
Squared
A number multiplied by itself
7² = 7x7
Vertex
plural vertices
How much space there is inside an object or how much space an object takes up
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