Botswana PSLE Mathematics study plan
Botswana PSLE Mathematics · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Number and Operations
Identify place value up to at least six digits and write numbers in expanded and word form
Add and subtract whole numbers fluently using column methods, including regrouping across zeros
Round whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand and justify each rounding decision
Set up a personal error log that records each mistake, its cause and the corrected working
Your checkpoint
A completed 30-question number-and-operations diagnostic scored and annotated in the error log, with every wrong item reworked correctly.
Number and Operations
Multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers using a reliable written method and check with estimation
Divide whole numbers by one- and two-digit divisors, interpreting remainders in context
Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages for common values
Compare and order fractions with unlike denominators by finding common denominators
Your checkpoint
A one-page conversion and comparison reference sheet, plus 20 mixed multiplication and division problems solved with estimation checks shown.
Number and Operations & Measurement
Solve two-step word problems involving money in pula, including change and totals
Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity using multiplication and division by powers of ten
Read and record time on 12-hour and 24-hour clocks and calculate elapsed time across the hour
Apply the correct operation sequence to multi-step problems by underlining the question asked before solving
Your checkpoint
A 15-item mixed problem set on money, units and time, fully worked with unit labels on every answer.
Measurement
Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles and squares and state the correct square units
Distinguish perimeter from area in word problems and choose the right formula each time
Estimate lengths, masses and capacities of everyday objects before measuring to build unit sense
Solve problems involving simple scale readings on rulers and measuring jugs
Your checkpoint
A measurement portfolio of 10 real objects measured at home or work, with estimated and actual values, calculated perimeter and area, and a short reflection on estimation accuracy.
Geometry
Classify angles as acute, right, obtuse or straight and measure them with a protractor
Name and describe triangles and quadrilaterals by their sides and angles
Identify lines of symmetry and complete a symmetrical figure on a grid
Calculate unknown angles on a straight line and around a point using the 180 and 360 degree facts
Your checkpoint
A hand-drawn geometry sheet showing six labelled shapes, measured angles and one completed symmetrical figure, all checked against a protractor.
Geometry & Data Handling and Statistics
Read and interpret bar charts, pictograms and simple line graphs, including scales with intervals greater than one
Find the mean, median, mode and range of a small data set and explain what each measure shows
Construct a tally table and bar chart from raw data collected yourself
Describe a shape's position using grid coordinates and simple transformations such as reflection and translation
Your checkpoint
A one-page statistical report on data you collected, containing a tally table, a labelled bar chart and the calculated mean, median, mode and range with one-sentence interpretations.
Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Extend number and shape patterns by stating the rule in words and predicting the next two terms
Write and evaluate simple algebraic expressions by substituting given values for a letter
Solve one-step and two-step linear equations with a balance-method layout
Translate a simple word problem into an equation before solving it
Your checkpoint
A pattern-and-equation worksheet of 12 items, each showing the rule or equation written first and the solution checked by substitution.
Number and Operations & Measurement & Geometry & Data Handling and Statistics & Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Complete two full timed practice papers under exam conditions with no notes
Review every error from the timed papers and reclassify it by domain in the error log
Re-drill the two weakest domains using targeted ten-minute bursts
Build a one-page formula and facts sheet from memory and verify it against notes
Your checkpoint
Two completed timed practice papers with scores recorded, an updated error log sorted by domain, and a verified one-page formula sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80 percent on a 20-question number-and-operations quiz covering the four operations, rounding, and fraction-decimal-percentage conversion.
Week 4: Score at least 75 percent on a mixed number-and-measurement quiz, and correctly answer all elapsed-time and unit-conversion items.
Week 6: Score at least 75 percent on a combined geometry-and-data quiz, including one correctly drawn bar chart and one accurate set of mean, median, mode and range.
Week 8: Score at least 70 percent on each timed practice paper, with no domain scoring below 60 percent, and show a shrinking error count between the first and second paper.