Grade 5 Math
13 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Iqqaqqaukkaringniq: concepts in mathematics, analytical and critical thinking, and solution-seeking.
- Number: develop number sense and understand how numbers and operations work.
- Patterns and Relations: use patterns and equations to describe the world and solve problems.
- Shape and Space: measure, and describe 2-D shapes and 3-D objects and how they move.
- Statistics and Probability: collect, read and interpret data, and describe chance.
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.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · representing and describing whole numbers to 1 000 000
Unit 2
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).
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · estimation strategies, and adding and subtracting decimals
Unit 3
Mental Math Tricks
Recalling multiplication and division facts to 9 × 9, and mental strategies such as adding zeros, halving and doubling, and breaking a number into friendly parts.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · multiplication and division facts to 81, and mental strategies for multiplying
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.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · multiplying with 1- and 2-digit multipliers
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.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · dividing with 1- and 2-digit divisors
Unit 6
Equivalent Fractions
Making and recognizing equivalent fractions (2/3 = 8/12), simplifying, comparing and ordering fractions, and judging whether a fraction is close to 0, 1/2 or 1.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · creating sets of equivalent fractions
Unit 7
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.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Number · decimals to thousandths, relating them to fractions, and comparing and ordering them
Unit 8
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.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Patterns and Relations · pattern rules, and one-step equations with a variable
Unit 9
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).
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Shape and Space · designing rectangles given perimeter or area
Unit 10
Millimetres, Volume and Capacity
Choosing units for length (mm), volume (cm³, m³) and capacity (mL, L), using everyday referents, and linking millilitres to litres.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Shape and Space · measuring in millimetres, volume in cubic units, and capacity in mL and L
Unit 11
Parallel Lines and Quadrilaterals
Finding parallel and perpendicular edges and sides, and sorting quadrilaterals (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, parallelograms and rhombuses) by their sides and angles.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Shape and Space · parallel and perpendicular sides and edges, and sorting quadrilaterals
Unit 12
Prisms, Pyramids & Moves
Naming and classifying prisms and pyramids by their bases, counting faces, edges and vertices, and describing single transformations: translations (slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns).
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Shape and Space · single transformations of 2-D shapes
Unit 13
Graphs & Chance
Reading double bar graphs where each square stands for several items (many-to-one), comparing two sets of data, and describing the probability of single outcomes with spinners, marbles, dice and coins.
Approved guide: Alberta Mathematics K–9 (2007), Statistics and Probability · first- and second-hand data, double bar graphs, and the likelihood of outcomes
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