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Maths

Explore numbers, shapes and ways to solve problems.

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How to learn in Year 5 Maths

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Place value

  1. Read the value, not just the digit
  2. Choose an appropriate precision
  3. Crossing zero counts too
  4. Read larger Roman numerals

Operations

  1. Keep every place aligned
  2. Equals means the same value
  3. Sort numbers by their factors
  4. Repeated multiplication has a notation
  5. Multiply by the ones and the tens
  6. The context decides what the remainder means

Fractions

  1. Use matching part sizes
  2. Count whole groups of parts
  3. Make equal-sized pieces first
  4. Take several copies

Decimals

  1. Three places after the point
  2. Every digit changes value
  3. Keep decimal places aligned

Percentages

  1. Connect three ways of naming an amount

Measures

  1. Use the stated units
  2. An approximation is not exact
  3. Boundary and surface need different measures
  4. Think in layers and containers
  5. Read a rate as 'for each'

Geometry

  1. Use the protractor's correct scale
  2. Use the whole turn
  3. Use definitions, not orientation
  4. Move a shape without resizing it

Data

  1. Read the intervals carefully

Check your learning

  1. Year 5 Maths — course check