Primary Schools

Overview of Mathematics Curriculum: fifth and sixth classes

Skills development
Skills
  • Applying and problem-solving
  • Communicating and expressing
  • Integrating and connecting
  • Reasoning
  • Implementing
  • Understanding and recalling
StrandsStrand units
Number
  • Place value
  • Operations
  • Fractions
  • Decimals and percentages
  • Number theory
Algebra
  • Directed numbers
  • Rules and properties
  • Variables
  • Equations
Shape and space
  • 2-D shapes
  • 3-D shapes
  • Lines and angles
Measures
  • Length
  • Area
  • Weight
  • Capacity
  • Time
  • Money
Data
  • Representing and interpreting data
  • Chance
 
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