The Grade 5 (Year 5) maths curriculum

In Grade 5 (Year 5), children consolidate whole numbers and decimals, the four operations, fractions and decimal fractions. They calculate perimeters and areas, work with length, mass and capacity, angles and coordinates, before moving up to Grade 6.

90 skills25 topics

Numbers and calculation 65 skills

Whole numbers 6

  • Break apart whole numbers
  • Compare and order whole numbers
  • Round
  • Multiples of a number
  • Factors of a number
  • Even and odd numbers
Lesson: Place value

Number patterns 2

  • Continue a number sequence
  • Continue a multiplicative sequence
Lesson: Number sequences

Multiplication 7

  • Multiplication tables
  • Multiplication: find the missing factor
  • Multiply by one-digit numbers
  • Multiply by two-digit numbers
  • Multiply by a multiple of 10, 100 or 1,000
  • Estimate products
  • Properties of multiplication

Division 10

  • Understand division
  • Relate multiplication and division
  • Division
  • Missing number in division
  • Divide by a one-digit number, no remainder
  • Divide by a one-digit number, with remainder
  • Divide by a two-digit number, no remainder
  • Divide by a two-digit number, with remainder
  • Division with decimal quotients
  • Estimate quotients
Lesson: Long division

Fractions 8

  • Understand fractions
  • Compare fractions using diagrams
  • Place fractions on number lines
  • Compare fractions on a number line
  • Compare fractions
  • Order fractions
  • Unit fractions on a number line
  • Express a length as a fraction
Lesson: Fractions

Equivalent fractions 7

  • Write equal fractions using diagrams
  • Write equal fractions
  • Simplify fractions
  • Identify equivalent fractions on number lines
  • Place equivalent fractions on number lines
  • Place fractions equal to 1 on number lines
  • Write fractions equal to a whole number
Lesson: Fractions

Decimal fractions 2

  • Write decimals as fractions
  • Write decimals in expanded form using fractions
Lesson: Fractions

Adding fractions 2

  • Add fractions with the same denominator using number lines
  • Add fractions with the same denominator
Lesson: Adding fractions

Decimals 8

  • Represent decimals and decimal fractions on diagrams
  • Place value of a digit in a decimal number
  • Expanded form of decimals
  • Equal decimals
  • Round decimals
  • Place decimals on number lines
  • Compare decimals on number lines
  • Order decimals
Lesson: Decimal numbers

Calculations with decimals 10

  • Add decimals
  • Subtract decimals
  • Add and subtract decimals
  • Estimate sums and differences of decimals
  • Estimate products of decimals
  • Multiply decimals by powers of ten
  • Multiply decimals by one-digit whole numbers
  • Multiply decimals by multi-digit whole numbers
  • Divide decimals by powers of ten
  • Divide decimals by whole numbers
Lesson: Calculating with decimals

Calculations 2

  • Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers
  • Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals

Problem solving 1

  • Word problems (proportionality and percentages)
Lesson: Solving word problems

Measurement 14 skills

Lengths 2

  • Compare lengths
  • Compare and convert lengths
Lesson: Units of measurement

Perimeter 3

  • Perimeter of a triangle
  • Perimeter of a quadrilateral
  • Perimeter of a polygon
Lesson: Perimeter and area

Area 1

  • Area of a square and a rectangle
Lesson: Perimeter and area

Capacity 2

  • Compare volumes
  • Compare and convert volumes
Lesson: Units of measurement

Angles 2

  • Right angle
  • Acute, right, obtuse and straight angles
Lesson: Angles

Durations 1

  • Convert durations

Masses 2

  • Compare masses
  • Compare and convert masses
Lesson: Units of measurement

Temperature 1

  • Read temperature on a thermometer
Lesson: Units of measurement

Geometry 11 skills

Coordinate plane 2

  • Coordinates of a point: whole numbers
  • Plot points: whole-number coordinates

Symmetry 1

  • Line of symmetry
Lesson: Symmetry

Lines 1

  • Parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines
Lesson: Parallel and perpendicular lines

Plane shapes 3

  • Triangles
  • Quadrilaterals
  • The circle
Lesson: 2D shapes

Solids 4

  • Recognize solids
  • Vertices, edges and faces of solids
  • Identify the faces of a solid
  • Nets
Lesson: 3D shapes

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Frequently asked questions

How many maths skills are there in Grade 5 (Year 5)?

EasyMaths covers 90 maths skills in Grade 5 (Year 5), across 25 topics: 65 in numbers and calculation, 14 in measurement, 11 in geometry.

What do children learn in maths in Grade 5 (Year 5)?

In Grade 5 (Year 5), children consolidate whole numbers and decimals, the four operations, fractions and decimal fractions. They calculate perimeters and areas, work with length, mass and capacity, angles and coordinates, before moving up to Grade 6.

How can my child practise these skills?

On EasyMaths, every skill has its own exercise, with endless new questions and explained corrections. The first exercises of every topic are free, no credit card needed, and the parents’ area shows what has been mastered and what needs more work.