Simple scale factors
Enlarge shapes and quantities by a whole-number scale factor.
Taught in Year 6 in United Kingdom (National Curriculum), Grade 6 in Canada (Ontario).
Nigeria (NERDC)
Not taught as a distinct skill at primary level.
United Kingdom (National Curriculum)
Year 6
- Strand
- Ratio and Proportion
- Called
- Simple scale factors
- How it's taught
- Ratio and Proportion is a distinct Year 6 domain: relative sizes, scale factors and unequal sharing with bar models.
Canada (Ontario)
Grade 6
- Strand
- Number
- Called
- Simple scale factors
- How it's taught
- Ratios and rates reasoned through proportional situations, double number lines and unit rates.