Grade 5 Math
14 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum.
Organizing ideas
- Number: analyzing patterns in place value, including decimals to thousandths and numbers to 10 000 000
- Number: adding and subtracting numbers to 1 000 000 and decimals to thousandths; multiplying 3-digit by 2-digit numbers and dividing 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
- Number: using divisibility tests, interpreting improper fractions and mixed numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with a common denominator
- Number: using ratios to represent relationships, and showing the same part-whole relationship as a fraction, a decimal, a ratio and a percent
- Algebra and patterns: evaluating expressions with brackets, solving one- and two-step equations, and relating terms to their position in an arithmetic sequence
- Geometry and measurement: symmetry in 2D shapes and regular polygons, and area in square centimetres, square metres and square kilometres
Units
Unit 1
Numbers to a Million
Place value to 1 000 000: digit values, standard and expanded form, number words, rounding, ordering, and using benchmarks like 500 000 on a number line.
Learning outcome: 5N1.1 · reading, writing, comparing and rounding whole numbers using place value
Unit 2
Decimals
Reading, writing, comparing and rounding decimals to thousandths, linking decimals to fractions out of 10, 100 and 1000, and adding and subtracting decimals in real situations.
Learning outcome: 5N1.1, 5N2.1 · decimals to thousandths using place value, and adding and subtracting them
Unit 3
Add & Subtract
Adding and subtracting numbers up to 1 000 000 with regrouping (including across zeros), estimating by rounding, and mental math such as compensation (adding 4999 as 5000 − 1).
Learning outcome: 5N2.1 · adding and subtracting whole numbers to 1 000 000
Unit 4
Multiply
Multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers using area models and partial products, patterns with 10, 100 and 1000, doubling and halving, and estimating products by rounding.
Learning outcome: 5N4.1 · multiplying whole numbers, including 3-digit by 2-digit
Unit 5
Divide
Dividing 2- and 3-digit numbers, finding remainders and deciding what they mean in a story (round up for buses, drop the extra for full bags), and estimating with friendly numbers.
Learning outcome: 5N4.1 · dividing 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, with and without remainders
Unit 6
Divisibility Tests
Tests for divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10, such as adding the digits for 3 and 9 or checking the last digit for 5 and 10, and the idea that 0 is divisible by every whole number.
Learning outcome: 5N3.1 · using divisibility tests (including for 0) to decide if a number can be divided evenly
Unit 7
Fractions
Equivalent fractions up to twelfths, improper fractions and mixed numbers, comparing fractions, adding and subtracting with the same denominator, and multiplying a whole number by a unit fraction.
Learning outcome: 5N5.1 · improper fractions and mixed numbers, and equivalent fractions
Unit 8
Add & Subtract Fractions
Adding and subtracting fractions that already share a denominator: the number of equal parts stays the same and only the number of parts changes. Sums can be larger than 1.
Learning outcome: 5N6.1 · adding and subtracting fractions with a common denominator
Unit 9
Decimals & Percents
Reading, comparing and rounding decimals to hundredths, linking fractions, decimals and percents, estimating, and adding and subtracting decimals.
Learning outcome: 5N7.1 · showing the same part-whole relationship as fractions, decimals and percents
Unit 10
Multiply, Divide & Ratios
Facts to 12 × 12, multiplying two two-digit numbers, dividing three-digit numbers by two-digit numbers, and using equivalent ratios and rates.
Learning outcome: 5N4.1, 5N7.1 · multiplication and division facts, and ratios
Unit 11
Expressions & Equations
Writing expressions like n + 5 for “5 more than a number”, evaluating them, solving equations to 100, and finding numbers that make an inequality true.
Learning outcome: 5A1.1, 5A1.2, 5A1.3 · expressions, order of operations and solving one- and two-step equations
Unit 12
Patterns & Equations
Describing growing and shrinking patterns with rules and expressions like 3n + 1, using input–output tables, and solving one-step equations such as n + 37 = 92 or 6 × n = 54.
Learning outcome: 5P1.1, 5A1.3 · arithmetic sequences, position and term, and solving equations
Unit 13
Symmetry
Lines of reflection symmetry, the order of rotational symmetry and how both work for regular polygons (a regular polygon with n sides has n lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry of order n).
Learning outcome: 5G1.1, 5G1.2 · reflection and rotational symmetry in 2D shapes and regular polygons
Unit 14
Area & Perimeter
Finding the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles, working backwards to a missing side, and discovering that shapes with the same area can have different perimeters (and vice versa).
Learning outcome: 5M1.1 · area of squares and rectangles in square units, and its relationship to perimeter
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