Maths for 5th Class

Extends the four operations to multi-digit whole numbers and decimals; builds operation flexibility; introduces factors, multiples and prime / composite numbers.

Builds flexible movement between fractions, decimals and percentages; introduces ratio and proportion.

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

Reads, writes and reasons about time across 12-hour and 24-hour formats and elapsed-time problems; budgets and reasons about transactions.

Investigates properties of 2D and 3D shapes; introduces angles, angle sums, circles, compass-and-ruler construction, symmetry, transformations and tessellation.

Poses questions; collects, organises and represents data; reasons about chance; introduces scale drawings and the four-quadrant co-ordinate plane.

Identifies rules in patterns and expresses them in words, diagrams and letter-symbols; introduces equations and the balance model.

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