Botswana PSLE Mathematics study guide
Botswana PSLE Mathematics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is a national examination in Botswana administered by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), the body mandated under section 5 of the Botswana Examinations Council Act (Act No 11 of 2002), as amended by the Botswana Examinations Amendment Act, 2019, to manage, conduct examinations and assessments in general education and technical, vocational education and training and to award certificates in respect of the said examinations and assessments. It sits at the end of primary schooling and serves as the bridge into junior secondary education, so it is intended for Standard 7 learners across government and private primary schools who are ready to have their learning certified. The Botswana PSLE Mathematics study guide has 5 sections and about 1,574 words.
01Number and Operations
Candidates need secure place value up to at least seven digits, the four operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages, rounding, factors and multiples, and order of operations. You should be able to convert freely between fractions, decimals and percentages, find equivalent fractions, and compare numbers of different forms.
311 words, about 2 min02Measurement
This domain covers length, mass, capacity, time, money, perimeter, area and volume. Candidates must know the metric relationships: 10 mm = 1 cm, 100 cm = 1 m, 1000 m = 1 km, 1000 g = 1 kg, 1000 ml = 1 litre.
322 words, about 2 min03Geometry
Candidates must recognise and name lines, rays, angles and polygons, and classify angles as acute (less than 90°), right (90°), obtuse (between 90° and 180°) and reflex (greater than 180°). You need the angle facts: angles on a straight line total 180°, angles around a point total 360°, and vertically opposite angles are equal.
296 words, about 1 min04Data Handling and Statistics
Candidates must read and interpret tables, pictograms, bar charts, line graphs and simple pie charts. You need to find the mean (total ÷ number of values), the mode (most frequent), the median (middle value when ordered) and the range (largest minus smallest).
323 words, about 2 min05Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Candidates should continue number patterns, describe the rule in words, and find missing terms. You need to recognise sequences that increase by a constant difference (for example 4, 7, 10, 13, adding 3) and simple doubling or halving patterns.
322 words, about 2 min