Primary 5th Class Maths
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Maths for 5th Class

A 5th Class mathematics course covering place value and decimals, operations with whole numbers and decimals, fractions, percentages and ratio, measures, time and money.

  • Student Activity Book
  • Mapped to the NCCA curriculum

The whole first lesson, as your class sees it. No sign-in needed.

On the interactive whiteboard
The angles of a triangle add to 180
Percent, fraction and decimal
Fractions, decimals and percentages
Balancing an equation

What your school gets

Everything a teacher needs to teach Maths for 5th Class this year.

In class

On paper

The whole books come with the course, in each class's Resources.

For planning

Included with the course. Teachers find them in their class's Resources.

The curriculum it covers

Every lesson is mapped to the specification. This course teaches 21 of the 21 outcomes for this class.

Algebra 3 of 3 outcomes
Data and chance 4 of 4 outcomes
Measures 4 of 4 outcomes
Number 4 of 4 outcomes
Shape and space 6 of 6 outcomes
See every outcome
Curriculum Area
Outcomes
Algebra
Patterns, rules and relationships
ALG.PRR.4a ALG.PRR.4b
Expressions and equations
ALG.EXP.4
Data and chance
Data
DAT.DAT.4a DAT.DAT.4b
Chance
DAT.CHN.4a DAT.CHN.4b
Measures
Measuring
MEA.MSR.4a MEA.MSR.4b
Time
MEA.TIM.4
Money
MEA.MON.4
Number
Place value and base ten
NUM.PVT.4
Sets and operations
NUM.OPS.4
Fractions
NUM.FRC.4a NUM.FRC.4b
Shape and space
Spatial awareness and location
SHA.SAL.4a SHA.SAL.4b
Shape
SHA.SHP.4a SHA.SHP.4b
Transformation
SHA.TRN.4a SHA.TRN.4b

Tap any outcome to read it. The coloured ones are taught in this course. The curriculum does not include official reference codes for individual learning outcomes, so we have assigned a code scheme to make it easier to identify and track coverage.

The course, module by module

120 lessons and 9 assessments in 9 modules. The lesson marked Sample opens in full.

1 Place Value and the Decimal Number System 16 lessons and an assessment · about 13 hours
2 Operations and Computational Fluency 14 lessons and an assessment · about 12 hours
3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 15 lessons and an assessment · about 12 hours
4 Measures: Length, Mass, Capacity, Area, Volume 15 lessons and an assessment · about 13 hours

Moves from whole-number measures to fractional and decimal measures; develops estimation; introduces area of triangles and composite shapes and volume of cuboids.

  1. 46 Estimating Then Measuring: Length
  2. 47 Reading Scales to the Nearest Millimetre
  3. 48 Converting Length Units
  4. 49 Perimeter: Adding Sides Up
  5. 50 Area of Rectangles
  6. 51 Area of Triangles: Half a Rectangle
  7. 52 Composite Shapes: Break It Into Rectangles and Triangles
  8. 53 Mass: Weighing in Grams and Kilograms
  9. 54 Converting Mass Units
  10. 55 Capacity: Measuring Jugs
  11. 56 Converting Capacity Units
  12. 57 Volume of Cuboids
  13. 58 Estimation Across Attributes
  14. 59 Solving Real Measurement Problems
  15. 60 Design a Class Garden Bed
  16. Module 4 assessment: Measures — length, mass, capacity, area, volume Assessment
5 Time and Money 12 lessons and an assessment · about 10 hours
6 2D and 3D Shape, Angles, Symmetry 14 lessons and an assessment · about 12 hours
7 Data, Chance and the Co-ordinate Plane 14 lessons and an assessment · about 12 hours
8 Algebra: Patterns, Expressions and Equations 12 lessons and an assessment · about 10 hours
9 Mathematical Modeling and End-of-year Review 8 lessons and an assessment · about 7 hours

Caps the year with open-ended modeling tasks, a five-strand recap, a portfolio review and a class maths fair.

  1. 113 End of Year Strands Tour
  2. 114 Big Investigation: How Tall Is the School?
  3. 115 Class Shop Modeling: Designed by Pupils
  4. 116 Plan Our Class Trip: Glendalough or Newgrange?
  5. 117 Design a Welcome Poster for Next Year's 5th Class
  6. 118 Predict Next Year's School Enrolment
  7. 119 Look Back at Your Maths Year
  8. 120 Class Maths Fair
  9. Module 9 assessment: Mathematical modeling and end-of-year review Assessment

What pupils learn

This course delivers the complete 5th Class mathematics curriculum through nine integrated modules covering place value and decimals, all four operations with whole numbers and decimals, fractions, decimals and percentages, measures, time and money, 2D and 3D shape with angles and symmetry, data handling, chance, coordinates, and early algebra. Students develop computational fluency, visualise concepts through manipulatives and real-life contexts, and apply skills in extended modelling projects such as designing a class garden, planning a school trip, and running a class shop. The distinctive emphasis on connecting mathematical strands through practical investigation and pupil-led modelling builds deep conceptual understanding and problem-solving confidence.

By the end of the course, pupils can

  1. Read, write, compare, order and round decimals up to thousandths, including on a number line and in money contexts.
  2. Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals using mental strategies, column methods and the bus-stop division algorithm.
  3. Simplify, compare, order, add and subtract fractions with same and different denominators, and find fractions and percentages of quantities.
  4. Convert between metric units of length, mass and capacity; calculate perimeter, area of rectangles and triangles, and volume of cuboids.
  5. Read analogue and 24-hour clocks, calculate elapsed time, read timetables, add and subtract money, and solve multi-step money problems.

What you'll need

Used in some of the lessons. Students can share in groups of two or three.

base-ten blocks Coin Compass Counters Demonstration ruler Dice Dienes blocks IWB/Projector/Large Screen Kitchen scale Masking tape Measuring jug Metre stick Metre tape Multilink cubes Pattern blocks Polydron Protractor Pupil ruler Real household solids Scissors String

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