Teach Class 5 Maths at home, one chapter at a time

Journeys, vehicles and populations bring numbers bigger than ten thousand. Your child reads and writes numbers in lakhs using the Indian place-value system, places commas correctly, compares big numbers and rounds them.

• lakh
• ten thousand
• place value
• comma
• greater than
• round to

Half of a big chocolate is bigger than half of a small one, so fractions can only be compared when the wholes are the same. Your child finds equivalent fractions (1/2 = 2/4 = 3/6), compares fractions, and places them on a number line.

• numerator
• denominator
• equivalent
• same whole
• greater than
• number line

An angle is a turn. Your child turns their body a full, half or quarter turn, spots turns in clocks and doors, learns that a quarter turn makes a right angle, and compares angles as more or less than a right angle.

• full turn
• half turn
• quarter turn
• right angle
• clockwise
• anticlockwise
• angle

Fuel for vehicles, distances and tickets give large sums. Your child adds and subtracts numbers in thousands and lakhs, estimates first, and plays with number puzzles like making two groups have equal sums.

• estimate
• sum
• difference
• regroup
• check
• about

Your child chooses the right unit for each length, converts between km, m, cm and mm using double number lines, and solves distance problems.

• kilometre
• metre
• centimetre
• millimetre
• 1 km = 1000 m
• 1 m = 100 cm
• 1 cm = 10 mm

Milk pouches, cows and crates lead to bigger multiplication. Your child uses arrays, splitting numbers, doubling and halving, and the standard method to multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers, and estimates products.

• array
• product
• split
• double and halve
• estimate
• factor

Paper weaving shows over-under patterns; tiles show shapes fitting without gaps. Your child makes woven mats, extends and describes patterns, and finds which shapes tile a floor.

• pattern
• repeat
• weave
• tile
• no gaps
• hexagon
• rule

Your child checks whether recorded weights make sense, reads different weighing scales, converts between kg and g and between litres and ml, and solves shopping and cooking problems.

• kilogram
• gram
• litre
• millilitre
• scale
• reading
• sensible

An array of 35 coconuts shows 5 × 7 = 35, and so 35 ÷ 7 = 5 and 35 ÷ 5 = 7. Your child connects multiplication and division, divides larger numbers, deals with remainders, and checks with dividend = divisor × quotient + remainder.

• dividend
• divisor
• quotient
• remainder
• division fact
• check

Letters and designs can be cut from folded paper: one fold for one line of symmetry, two folds for two. Your child finds lines of symmetry in letters and shapes and designs their own symmetrical patterns.

• line of symmetry
• fold
• reflection
• vertical
• horizontal

Lace goes round the edge of a quilt (perimeter); patches cover its surface (area). Your child finds perimeters by adding sides, finds areas by counting unit squares, and sees that shapes with the same area can have different perimeters.

• perimeter
• area
• square unit
• border
• length
• breadth

Stopwatches bring seconds into time. Your child finds elapsed time, converts minutes and seconds, compares durations, and reads and writes times in 12-hour and 24-hour formats.

• second
• minute
• hour
• elapsed time
• a.m.
• p.m.
• 24-hour time

Animals jumping equal steps land on multiples; arrays show factors. Your child finds factors by making arrays, lists multiples, and finds common factors and common multiples of two numbers.

• factor
• multiple
• common factor
• common multiple
• array
• prime

Facing the rising Sun is east. Your child learns the four directions, reads simple maps, describes routes, and uses a map’s grid or scale to locate places.

• north
• south
• east
• west
• map
• route
• left
• right

Your child collects data like hours of TV or stock in a shop, organises it in tables, draws pictographs with a key (one picture = 5) and bar graphs, and answers questions from them.

• data
• table
• pictograph
• key
• bar graph
• scale
• most
• least