Primary 5 | Mathematics

Action steps

1. Form and read numbers using an abacus

2. Write and read numbers up to a million in words and figures

3. Find the prime factors of numbers in various sets of numbers

4. Express various numbers as a product of prime factors

5. Solve problems involving large whole numbers such as thousands and millions

Action steps

1. State the meanings of the concepts of fractions and percentages

2. Convert various fractions to decimals

3. Convert various decimals to fractions

4. Convert various decimals to percentages

5. Convert various percentages to decimals

6. Solve various problems involving percentages

7. State the meaning of the concept of a ratio

8. Provide examples in which ratios are used

9. Identify the relationship between a ratio and a fraction

10. Convert various fractions to ratios

11. Convert various ratios to fractions

12. Determine the ratio of two numbers

13. Solve various problems involving ratios

14. Solve various problems involving fractions

Action steps

1. Carryout addition of various whole numbers

2. Carryout addition of various fraction numbers

3. Carryout addition of various combinations of whole numbers and fractions

4. Solve word problems involving addition of various combinations of whole numbers and fractions

Action steps

1. Carryout subtraction of various whole numbers

2. Carryout subtraction of various fraction numbers

3. Carryout subtraction of various combinations of whole numbers and fractions

4. Solve word problems involving subtraction of various combinations of whole numbers and fractions

Action steps

1. Multiply various 3-digit numbers by another3-digitnumber

2. Multiply whole number of zero and one and interpret the given problems

3. Solve problems involving the multiplication of decimal numbers by whole numbers

4. Apply the meaning of the word “of” when multiplying a whole number by a fraction

5. Multiply various decimal numbers by another decimal number

6. Multiply various fractions by another fraction

7. Find the square of various whole numbers whose result is more than50

8. Find the square roots of a perfect square of various whole numbers greater than 400

9. Solve various problems involving squares of whole numbers and square roots of numbers

Action steps

1. Find the multiples of various numbers upto 50

2. Determine the number of groups obtained by dividing various numbers by 10, 20, and 30

3. Apply the rule of shifting decimal points once to the left to obtain the result of dividing numbers by 10

4. Solve problems involving division of whole numbers by 2-digit numbers with or without remainders

5. Solve various problems involving division

6. Divide various decimals numbers by multiples of 10 up to90

7. Divide various decimals numbers by 100 and200

8. Divide various whole number by different 2-digit numbers

9. Solve various word problems involving division

10. Solve various word problems involving decimals

Action steps

1. Add various numbers using a number line

2. Subtract various number using a number line

3. Add various fractions using a number line

4. Subtract various fractions using a number line

5. Solve problems of addition in open sentences

6. Solve problems of subtraction in open sentences

7. Use letters to represent boxes in open sentences

Action steps

1. Identify various currencies shown on a chart

2. Carry out the conversion of one currency to the other currencies as shown in a chart

3. Organize a shopping corner in your room where various “play” Nigerian bank notes and coins are used to buy and sell different objects

Action steps

1. Discuss the meaning of perimeter of shapes as the distance round a shape

2. Perform the measurement of various objects around your room

3. Find and record the perimeter of various regular shapes

4. Find and record the perimeter of various irregular shapes

5. Solve various problems involving perimeter

Action steps

1. Discuss the properties of a circle

2. Find the circumference of various circles that have different radii (plural of radius)

3. Find the circumference of various circles that have different diameters

4. Find the relationship between the circumference of a circle and the result of multiplying 𝜋𝑑

5. Solve various problems involving circles

Action steps

1. Define weight

2. Identify the various types of weight scales

3. Use a weight scale to measure the weight of various objects

4. Solve various word problems involving weights

Action steps

1. Define average speed

2. Calculate the average speed in problems involving various distances and times

3. Solve various problems involving average speed

Action steps

1. Identify different types of thermometers and their uses

2. Record the body temperatures of various persons

3. Record the temperatures of various objects

4. Solve word problems involving temperature

Action steps

1. Identify the formula for calculating the area of a triangle

2. Construct various right-angle triangles

3. Calculate the areas of the above right-angle triangles P

4. Solve problems involving various areas of triangles

Action steps

1. Define what a unit cube means

2. Record the number of unit cubes that make up various cubes or cuboids

3. Write the volume in cubic units

4. Find the volume of various cuboids using the formula volume = length x base x height

5. Solve problems involving various cuboids

Action steps

1. Determine the relationship between a litre andcm³

2. Identifying types of containers that can hold liquids e.g. bucket, cup, bottles etc.

3. Fill various containers and measure the capacity of each container in units of litres and in units of cm³

4. Solve problems involving various cuboids using the units of cm³

Action steps

1. Identify various shapes that are spherical in shape

2. Demonstrate that the earth has a spherical shape

3. Demonstrate that the volume of a globe is less than the volume of the cuboids that enclose it

4. Solve problems involving various spheres

Action steps

1. Identify parallel and perpendicular lines in selected objects

2. Identify the properties of an equilateral triangle

3. Identify the properties of an isosceles triangle

4. Identify the properties of a triangle that is not equilateral or isosceles

5. State the properties of shapes like a trapezium parallelogram and a rhombus

6. Solve problems involving various plane shapes

Action steps

1. Construct various two and three dimensional shapes

2. State the properties of cubes, rectangles, and pyramids

3. Identify the edges and vertices of various two and three dimensional shapes

4. Solve problems involving various two and three dimensional shapes

Action steps

1. Measure the distance from the center of various circle to any point on their circum-ference

2. Measure distance round various circles to determine their circumferences

3. State the relationship between radius and diameter

4. Solve problems involving various circles

Action steps

1. Use the method of counting by arranging items in smaller groups (tallying) to represent information e.g. I I I II I I I I I I

2. Draw bar graphs and pictograms using data given to you

3. Draw various pie charts using data provided to you

4. Solve problems involving various graphs and pictograms

Action steps

1. Find the mode of a given set of data

2. Find the mean of a given set of data

3. Find the median of a given set of data

4. Prepare a tally of data and record the mode

5. Calculate the mean of the above data

6. Give examples of how calculating the mean is useful in daily life

7. Solve problems involving central tendency

Action steps

1. Toss a coin 20 times and record the number of times heads appears and number of times tails appears

2. Prepare a tally of heads and tails for five different sets of 20 tosses

3. Throw a die 24 times and record the number of times the die shows a 1, a 2, a 3, a 4, a 5 or a 6

4. Describe various chance events that might occur in your daily life activities