Grade by Grade
Nova Scotia · Grade 5

Mathematics

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

NNumber

Numbers to 1 000 000; mental math; 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication; 3-digit by 1-digit division with remainders; equivalent fractions; decimals to thousandths

PRPatterns and Relations

Pattern rules to make predictions; patterns as expressions; single-variable, one-step equations

MMeasurement

Perimeter and area of rectangles; length, volume and capacity with referents and units

GGeometry

Edges, faces and sides of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes; drawing and describing 2-D shapes; right angles

SPStatistics and Probability

First-hand and second-hand data; double-bar graphs; introduction to probability