Pupil Practice
National 5 Mathematics practice
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Topic practice
Number and Algebra
Core number skills, exact simplification, algebraic manipulation and solving equations.
Fractions, decimals and percentages review
Guided practiceConverting between forms and using percentage change accurately.
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Rounding and significant figures
Guided practiceChoosing suitable accuracy and rounding answers sensibly.
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Indices
Guided practiceUsing index laws with positive, negative and fractional powers.
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Scientific notation
Guided practiceWriting very large and very small numbers in standard form.
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Surds
Guided practiceSimplifying exact square-root expressions and rationalising simple denominators.
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Expanding brackets
Guided practiceMultiplying out single and double brackets correctly.
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Factorising
Guided practiceTaking out common factors and recognising useful factorisations.
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Algebraic fractions
Guided practiceSimplifying, multiplying and adding fractions with algebraic terms.
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Changing the subject of a formula
Guided practiceRearranging formulae using inverse operations.
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Linear equations and inequalities
Guided practiceSolving equations and representing inequality solutions.
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Simultaneous equations
Guided practiceSolving two linear equations by elimination or substitution.
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Graphs and Functions
Straight lines, function notation, transformations and reading solutions from graphs.
Straight line graphs
Guided practiceUsing y = mx + c and plotting straight lines
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Gradient and intercept
Guided practiceFinding and interpreting gradient and y-intercept.
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Sketching linear graphs
Guided practiceSketching lines from equations and key points.
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Functions and notation
Guided practiceUsing f(x), substitution and inverse processes at National 5 level.
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Quadratic graphs
Guided practiceRecognising parabolas, roots, intercepts and turning points.
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Graph transformations
Guided practiceSketching simple translations and stretches from a known graph.
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Solving equations from graphs
Guided practiceUsing intersections and roots to estimate solutions.
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Topic practice
Quadratics
Expanding, factorising, solving and interpreting quadratic expressions and graphs.
Expanding double brackets
Guided practiceMultiplying two brackets and collecting like terms.
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Factorising quadratics
Guided practiceWriting quadratic trinomials as two brackets.
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Solving quadratic equations by factorising
Guided practiceFinding roots from factorised form.
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Completing the square
Guided practiceRewriting quadratics to reveal the turning point.
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The quadratic formula
Guided practiceSolving quadratics when factorising is not efficient.
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Discriminant
Guided practiceUsing b² − 4ac to identify the number of real roots
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Sketching parabolas
Guided practiceSketching quadratic graphs using roots, intercepts and turning points.
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Geometry and Measurement
Length, area, volume, similarity, circles, sectors and bearings.
Pythagoras
Guided practiceFinding missing sides in right-angled triangles.
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3D Pythagoras
Guided practiceUsing right-angled triangles inside 3D shapes.
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Perimeter, area and volume
Guided practiceUsing standard formulae with correct units.
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Similarity
Guided practiceComparing similar shapes and corresponding sides.
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Scale factor
Guided practiceUsing length, area and volume scale factors.
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Circle properties
Guided practiceUsing radius, diameter, circumference and area relationships.
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Arcs and sectors
Guided practiceFinding arc length and sector area from a fraction of a circle.
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Bearings
Guided practiceMeasuring and using three-figure bearings.
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Topic practice
Trigonometry
Right-angled and non-right-angled trigonometry, exact values and trig graphs.
SOH CAH TOA
Guided practiceUsing sine, cosine and tangent in right-angled triangles.
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Sine rule
Guided practiceSolving non-right-angled triangles with matching angle-side pairs.
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Cosine rule
Guided practiceSolving non-right-angled triangles when the included angle or all sides are known.
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Area of a triangle using sine
Guided practiceUsing Area = 12 ab sin C for non-right-angled triangles
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Trigonometric graphs
Guided practiceRecognising sine, cosine and tangent graph features.
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Exact values
Guided practiceUsing exact trig values for 0, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees.
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Trigonometric equations
Guided practiceSolving simple trig equations over a given interval.
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Vectors
Vector notation, operations, position vectors, collinearity and ratios on a line.
Vector notation
Guided practiceWriting and interpreting vectors using components and directed line segments.
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Adding and subtracting vectors
Guided practiceCombining vectors using paths and components.
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Scalar multiples
Guided practiceMultiplying vectors by constants and interpreting direction.
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Position vectors
Guided practiceUsing origin-based vectors to describe points.
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Collinearity
Guided practiceProving points lie on the same straight line.
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Ratios on a line
Guided practiceFinding points that divide a line in a given ratio.
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Statistics and Probability
Summary statistics, standard deviation, scatter graphs and probability methods.
Averages and spread
Guided practiceFinding and interpreting mean, median, mode, range and interquartile range.
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Standard deviation
Guided practiceComparing consistency using standard deviation.
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Scatter graphs
Guided practiceDescribing correlation and using a line of best fit.
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Probability
Guided practiceCalculating probabilities and using complements.
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Tree diagrams
Guided practiceUsing branches to calculate combined probabilities.
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