Saudi Arabia Grade 5 Curriculum - Mathematics

This outlines the mathematics curriculum for Grade 5 in Saudi Arabia, based on information from FutureSchool. It is organized by topic and includes the learning objective for each lesson.

Number and Operations

Place Value

• The numbers 1000 to 9999: Students will be able to count to 9999 and use place value to read the value of numerals within larger numbers.
• The numbers 10,000 to 99,999: Students will be able to count to 99,999 and use place value to read the value of numerals within larger numbers.
• Addition to 9999 and beyond: Students will be able to use their knowledge of place value to solve addition problems with 3, 4, and 5-digit numbers and word problems.
• Subtraction up to the number 999 using the renaming method: Students will know another way to trade between columns in subtraction using the renaming method. They will also learn how to solve number sentences with missing numbers.
• Subtraction involving four-digit numbers and beyond using the renaming method: Students will be able to use written methods to solve subtraction problems involving 4 and 5-digit whole numbers.

Multiplication and Division

• Multiples and factors of whole numbers: Students will be able to specify multiples and factors of whole numbers and calculate the product of squared numbers.
• Multiplication using extended algorithms: Students will understand multiplication using extended algorithms.
• Division with and without a remainder: Students will understand division with and without a remainder.
• Dividing two and three-digit numbers by a single-digit number: Students will understand dividing two and three-digit numbers by a single-digit number.
• Multiplication by 2 and 3 digits: Students will be able to solve and record 2 and 3-digit multiplication problems in extended and short form.
• Multiplying 2-digit numbers by multiples of 10: Students will be able to multiply any 2-digit number by any multiple of 10 using the process of long multiplication.
• Multiplying 3 and 4-digit numbers by multiples of 100: Students will be able to multiply any 3 or 4-digit numbers by any multiple of 100 using long multiplication.

Measurement

Time

• AM and PM time: Students will be able to talk about AM and PM time and use the correct notation.
• 24-hour time: Students will be able to tell the time accurately using 24-hour time, change the time from AM and PM time to 24-hour time, and change the time from 24-hour time to AM and PM time.
• Time zones: Students will be able to recognize that there are different time zones, compare time zones, understand daylight saving and adjust times accordingly, and determine the local time in different regions.
• Average speed: Students will be able to understand what is meant by the speed of an object, read the instantaneous speed of a vehicle on a speedometer, and find the average speed of an object.

Length, Area, and Volume

• Read and calculate distances on a map using the formal unit kilometer: Students will be able to read distances in kilometers and calculate total distances between different locations on a map.
• Compare and convert formal units of measurement: Students will be able to use the formal units millimeter, centimeter, meter, and kilometer to measure and convert.
• Introduction to the square centimeter: Students will be able to calculate the area in square centimeters of surfaces or objects and record their results correctly.
• Comparing and ordering areas: Students will be able to estimate and compare the area of shapes using a standard unit and order shapes according to their area.
• Larger areas: square meter, hectare, square kilometer: Students will be able to calculate larger areas using the correct square unit.
• Using the cubic centimeter to measure volume: Students will be able to recognize the relationship between the length, breadth, height, and volume of a rectangular prism, calculate the volume of rectangular prisms, and find the volume of rectangular prisms by counting.
• The relationship between the common units of capacity, the liter and the milliliter: Students will understand the relationship between the two common units of capacity, the liter and the milliliter.
• Using the cubic cm and displacement to measure volume and capacity: Students will know a way to find volume and capacity.
• Using the cubic cm as a standard unit of measurement for volume and capacity: Students will understand what a cubic centimeter is and how it can be used to find out the volume and capacity of a three-dimensional shape.
• Converting between volume and capacity using kiloliters and liters: Students will know the formal units of measurement for volume and capacity for bigger objects. They will also be able to use the knowledge of volume to work out capacity.
• Estimate, measure and compare the capacity of containers: Students will know why and when we might need to estimate and a way to go about it.

Weight/Mass

• The kilogram: Students will know how to use the kilogram as a measure of mass and how to weigh items accurately using scales.
• The gram and net mass: Students will understand why there’s a zero button on digital scales, how to zero some other types of scales, and also how to measure mass in grams.

Geometry

• Measure and classify angles: Students will be able to recognize, measure and classify angles and measure the angles in a triangle.
• Recognise and name triangles: Students will be able to recognize and correctly name triangles according to their properties.
• Recognise and name pyramids according to spatial properties: Students will be able to recognize, describe and name pyramids according to their spatial properties.
• Recognise and name prisms according to spatial properties: Students will be able to recognize and name various prisms according to their spatial properties.
• Mapping and grid references: Students will be able to identify specific places on a map and use regions on a grid to locate objects or places.
• Recognise nets for prisms, pyramids, cubes and cones: Students will be able to predict and recognise nets for prisms, pyramids, cubes, and cones.
• Use grids to enlarge/reduce 2D shapes: Students will be able to use grids to enlarge or reduce two-dimensional shapes and also to recognize shapes that will and won’t tessellate.
• Viewing 3-D shapes: Students will be able to use conventional representations of three-dimensional shapes to show depth etc. when drawing or viewing shapes from various angles.
• Main and intermediate compass points: Students will be able to use main and intermediate compass points to specify location.
• Informal coordinate system: Students will be able to use an informal coordinate system to specify location and locate coordinate points on grid paper.

Data Analysis and Probability

• Line graphs: Students will be able to organize, read and summarize information in line graphs.
• Pie and bar graphs: Students will be able to organize, read and summarize information in pie and bar graphs.

Decimals and Fractions

• Introduction to decimals: Students will be able to represent decimals to two decimal places.
• Comparing and ordering decimals to two decimal places: Students will be able to compare and order decimals to two decimal places and understand decimal notation to two places.
• Decimals with whole numbers 10th and 100th: Students will be able to use and understand place value to show whole numbers, tenths, and hundredths as decimals.
• Adding decimals to two decimal places: Students will be able to add decimals with the same number of decimal places (to two decimal places).
• Subtracting decimals to two decimal places: Students will be able to subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places (to two decimal places).
• Using decimals – shopping problems: Students will be able to read and interpret problems involving money, interpret the everyday use of decimals, and perform calculations with money.
• Using decimals to record length: Students will be able to interpret the everyday use of fractions and decimals and use their knowledge of decimals to record measurements.
• Rounding decimals: Students will be able to round a number with one or two decimal places to the nearest whole number.
• Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places: Students will be able to add decimal numbers with different numbers of decimal places.
• Subtracting decimals with a different number of places: Students will be able to subtract decimals with different numbers of decimal places.
• Multiplying decimals by 10, 100, and 1000: Students will be able to multiply decimal numbers by one hundred and recognize the pattern formed when decimals are multiplied by ten, one hundred, and one thousand.
• Multiplying decimals by whole numbers: Students will be able to multiply decimals by whole numbers.
• Dividing decimals by 10, 100, and 1000: Students will be able to divide decimal numbers by one hundred and recognize the pattern formed when decimals are divided by ten, one hundred, and one thousand.
• Dividing decimal fractions by whole numbers: Students will be able to divide decimal fractions by whole numbers.
• Finding equivalent fractions: Students will be able to name and find fractions that represent equal amounts between halves, quarters, and eighths – using diagrams and number lines.
• Mixed numbers (mixed numerals): Students will be able to name and recognize mixed numbers (mixed numerals), count by halves and quarters, and use a number line to represent halves and quarters beyond one.
• Fractions 1/5, 1/10, 1/100: Students will be able to compare fractions with the denominators 5, 10, 100, and represent fractions with the denominator 5, 10, 100.
• Subtracting fractions from whole numbers: Students will be able to use a diagram to subtract fractions from a whole number, develop mental strategies for subtracting fractions from whole numbers, and recognize and use the written form for subtracting fractions from whole numbers.
• Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator: Students will be able to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.

Percentages

• Introduction to percentages, including relating common fractions to percentages: Students will be able to recognize that the symbol % means ‘per cent’ and relate common fractions to a percentage.
• Changing fractions and decimals to percentages using tenths and hundredths: Students will be able to change simple fractions to percentages and decimals to percentages by using place value conversion.

Problem Solving

• Solving Word Problems by recognizing Sign Words: Students will be able to solve problems by recognizing Sign Words that identify which operation to use: addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
• Problem-solving strategies: Students will be able to recall the steps in a strategy for solving word problems.
• Problems with numbers: Students will be able to solve problems with numbers using a problem-solving strategy.
• Problems involving money: Students will be able to solve problems with money.