Mathematics, Grade 5

Unit 1: Number

Whole numbers to one million, multi-digit multiplication and division, equivalent fractions, and decimals to thousandths.

• Representing numbers to one million
• Comparing and describing large numbers

• Multiplication facts to 81
• Multiplying by multiples of ten
• Multiplying two 2-digit numbers

• Dividing 3-digit numbers
• Making sense of remainders

• Estimation strategies
• Choosing an estimation strategy

• Making equivalent fractions
• Comparing fractions with unlike denominators
• Understanding decimals to thousandths
• Connecting decimals and fractions to thousandths
• Comparing and ordering decimals
• Adding and subtracting decimals
• Solving decimal problems

Unit 2: Patterns and Relations

Representing and applying patterns with mathematical language, and solving one-step single-variable equations.

• Describing patterns with math language
• Predicting and solving with patterns
• Understanding single-variable equations
• Solving and verifying equations

Unit 3: Shape and Space

Rectangles from perimeter and area, measuring in millimetres, volume and capacity, lines and quadrilaterals, and transformations.

• Rectangles from a given perimeter
• Rectangles from a given area
• Measuring in millimetres

• Referents and estimating volume
• Measuring volume and building prisms
• Referents for millilitres and litres
• Estimating and measuring capacity

• Parallel, perpendicular, and other lines
• Sketching lines on shapes and objects
• Identifying and sorting quadrilaterals
• How quadrilaterals are related
• Sliding, turning, and flipping shapes
• Describing and predicting transformations

Unit 4: Statistics and Probability

First-hand and second-hand data, double bar graphs, and the likelihood of outcomes in probability.

• First-hand and second-hand data
• Constructing double bar graphs
• Interpreting double bar graphs
• How likely is it?
• Predicting and testing probability