Table 2. Math Apps Content Mapped to the EYFS Profile Math Curriculum, Components of Math Development and Assessment Measure.

App topic	EYFS profile math curriculum	Math development	Assessed in PTM5
Note. EYFS = Early Years Foundation Stage; PTM5 = Progress Test in Math, level 5; Asterisk refers to Key Stage 1 topics.
Maths 3–5
Sorting and matching	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Interest in shape and space by playing with shapes and making arrangements with objects
	• Awareness of similarities in shape
Counting to 3	Number	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Uses some number names
	• Recognize and recite numbers in order
	• Count objects that cannot be moved
Lines and patterns	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Uses objects and shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models
Counting 4 to 6	Number	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Begin to represent numbers with external objects
	• Select correct numerals 1 to 5
	• Count up to 6 objects using correct number name for each item
Where is it?	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Uses relative positional language; e.g., behind/next to
Counting 7 to 10	Number	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Identifying numbers in a set
	• Match number and quantity
Patterns and shape	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Select a named shape
Counting 1 to 10	Number	Factual knowledge	✓
	• Recite numbers, select correct numerals and count objects 1 to 10 in regular and irregular arrangements
	• One more and one less than a given number up to 10
	• Compare two groups that have the same number
Comparing	Shape, space, and measure	Conceptual understanding	✓
	• Order items by length, height, weight, and capacity
	• Use “more” and “fewer” to compare two sets of objects
Adding and taking away	Number	Conceptual understanding	✓
	• Interest in number problems
	• Find total number of items in two groups by counting
	• Addition and subtraction vocabulary
Maths 4–6 (*Key Stage 1 topics)
Shape and position	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	—
	• Describe position and distance
	• Identify line of symmetry in shapes*
Counting to 20	Number	Factual knowledge	—
	• Count reliably 1 to 20
Sharing	Number	Conceptual understanding	—
	• Separate a group of objects in different ways and recognize the total is the same
More counting	Number	Factual knowledge	—
	• Place numbers in order
	• Count in multiples of 2*
	• Odd and even numbers*
Telling the time	Shape, space, and measure	Mathematical reasoning	✓
	• Use everyday language related to time
	• Measure short periods of time in simple ways
	• Order and sequence familiar events
Add and subtract	Number	Conceptual knowledge	✓
	• Add and subtract two single digit numbers
Count in 10 s and 5 s	Number	Factual knowledge	—
	• Count in multiples of 5 s and 10 s*
How tall, how long?	Shape, space, and measure	Conceptual understanding	✓
	• Recognize shapes and objects as “tall”
	• Compare length and height
Count to 100	Number	Factual knowledge	—
	• Count to 100*
Two-dimensional shapes	Shape, space, and measure	Factual knowledge	—
	• Use mathematical names to describe two-dimensional shapes
Number lines	Number	Factual knowledge	—
	• Count reliably 1 to 20
	• One more and one less than a given number up to 20
Fractions	Number	Conceptual understanding	—
	• Recognize, find and name fractions of object, space, or quantity*