The learning lines
What is taught in Year 9
Everything in learnbits.app, from age 6 to 15. Straight from the app: what you see here is what a child gets.
The apps themselves currently speak Dutch — the names below are the ones a child sees on screen.
- subjects
- 6
- learning lines
- 60
- steps
- 337
- exercises
- 7,765
- explanation pages
- 290
What starts in Year 9
46 new steps with 865 exercises. Earlier work keeps running: the app repeats what has not stuck yet.
Lower secondary builds on the last year of primary: this is where Year 9 starts. Material of its own for these years is on its way.
Numbers
Number sense
- Continuing number sequences
- Divisibility rules
- Prime numbers to 100
- Negative numbers: plus and minus
- Negative numbers: times and divide
Written methods
- Multiplication with large numbers
- Long division by two digits
Ratios & proportions
Fractions
- Unlike denominators: adding up to 1
- Unlike denominators: adding over 1
- Unlike denominators: subtracting
- Fractions with different denominators
- Multiplying fractions
- Dividing by a fraction
Percentages
- What percent discount?
- True or not? Percentages
- VAT and percent added
- Increase and more than 100%
Decimals
- Dividing with decimals
Comparing ratios
- Scale on the map
- Speed, distance and time
- m/s and km/h
Measurement & time
Geometry
- Going up, going down or the same
- Hectare, are and m²
- Cubic units
- Circumference of a circle
- Area of a circle
Enrichment
Enrichment
- Roman numeralsextension
- Squares, roots and powersextension
- Breaking down into prime factorsextension
- Time zones and world timeextension
- Counting combinationsextension
- Working back to old priceextension
Spelling
All learning lines of SpellingNothing new starts in this subject this year.
Geography
All learning lines of GeographyThe world
Countries
- The countries of the Americas
- Countries of the world
Mountains, deserts and rivers
- Mountains, deserts and rivers of the world
Big cities
- Big cities of the world
Sentences
Clauses and sentence parts
- The subject
- The object
- Name every part of the sentence
Verbs and tense
Verb forms
- Active and passive
- The subjunctive
Punctuation
Apostrophes, speech and more
- Colons and semi-colons
- All the punctuation
Fluent typing
Sentences
- Typing sentences
Junctions and priority
Lights, blue lights and trains
- Level crossings
Crossing and cycling safely
Bikeability
- Lorries turning left
Every step above is a real starting point in the app. Your child picks one, or lets a short placement test find the right height.