NB Grade 5 Math study plan
NB Grade 5 Math · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Number Sense and Numeration
Read and write whole numbers to 1,000,000 in standard, expanded, and word form, and convert fluently among all three.
Compare and order whole numbers up to 1,000,000 using <, >, and = symbols, and justify each ordering with place-value reasoning.
Identify the place value of any digit in a 6-digit number and explain how a digit's value changes when it shifts one place left or right.
Round whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and ten-thousand, and check each result against the original number.
Your checkpoint
A completed 20-item place-value and rounding worksheet, scored and corrected, with every wrong item rewritten and explained in one sentence.
Number Sense and Numeration
Add and subtract whole numbers up to 1,000,000 using the standard algorithm, and verify each answer with an inverse operation.
Multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number and a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number using an area model, then connect the model to the written algorithm.
Divide a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number with and without remainders, and interpret what the remainder means in a word problem.
Estimate products and quotients before computing, and judge whether the exact answer is reasonable.
Your checkpoint
A timed 25-question computation set (mixed operations) completed with at least 90% accuracy and an error log listing the cause of each mistake.
Number Sense and Numeration & Mathematical Processes and Problem Solving
Build equivalent fractions and reduce fractions to simplest form using common factors.
Compare and order fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators by finding common denominators or benchmarks.
Convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers in both directions.
Solve 2-step word problems involving fractions and whole numbers, and write a number sentence for each before solving.
Your checkpoint
A one-page 'fraction strategy sheet' plus five solved multi-step word problems, each showing the number sentence, the work, and a labeled final answer.
Number Sense and Numeration & Shape and Space (Measurement and Geometry)
Read, write, and compare decimals to the thousandths place, and convert between decimals and fractions with denominators of 10, 100, and 1000.
Add and subtract decimals to the thousandths, aligning place values correctly.
Measure and record lengths to the nearest millimetre and convert among millimetres, centimetres, and metres.
Solve measurement word problems that require converting units before computing.
Your checkpoint
A mixed review test covering place value, operations, fractions, decimals, and unit conversion, scored out of 40 with all errors corrected.
Patterns and Relations
Extend a numeric or shape pattern and state the rule in words.
Write a simple algebraic expression (such as 3n + 2) that generates a given pattern and use it to predict a far-away term.
Complete a function table from a one-step or two-step rule and identify the relationship between input and output.
Solve one-step equations with an unknown (for example, n + 7 = 15 or 4n = 32) and check the solution by substitution.
Your checkpoint
A pattern portfolio of six patterns (three numeric, three shape-based), each with its rule, an expression, a table of the first five terms, and a prediction for term 20.
Shape and Space (Measurement and Geometry)
Classify triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons by sides, angles, and parallel or perpendicular lines.
Measure and draw angles to the nearest degree with a protractor, and classify angles as acute, right, obtuse, or straight.
Compute the perimeter and area of rectangles and squares and of composite shapes built from rectangles.
Estimate and then measure the volume of rectangular prisms by counting unit cubes and by applying length x width x height.
Your checkpoint
A geometry lab sheet with ten hand-drawn and labeled shapes, each showing measured angles, computed perimeter and area, and a sketch of the method used.
Statistics and Probability (Data Analysis)
Read and interpret bar graphs, line graphs, and pictographs, and answer comparison and difference questions from each.
Construct a labeled bar graph and a line plot from raw data, including titles, axis labels, and a consistent scale.
Compute the mean, median, mode, and range of a small data set and explain what each measure tells you.
Describe the likelihood of simple events using the terms impossible, unlikely, likely, and certain, and express simple probability as a fraction.
Your checkpoint
A self-collected data project: gather 20 or more data points, build a graph, compute all four measures of centre and spread, and write a five-sentence summary of what the data shows.
Mathematical Processes and Problem Solving & Number Sense and Numeration & Patterns and Relations & Shape and Space (Measurement and Geometry) & Statistics and Probability (Data Analysis)
Apply a four-step problem-solving process (understand, plan, solve, check) to ten mixed problems spanning all domains.
Identify and use the relevant information in a multi-step problem while ignoring distractors.
Explain your reasoning in writing for at least five problems, showing why each step is needed.
Complete a full-length practice test under timed conditions and review every incorrect item.
Your checkpoint
A full practice exam completed in one sitting, scored, with a written review of every missed question identifying the domain and the specific skill to revisit.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 85% on a 20-item whole-number operations quiz without a calculator, and correctly explain the place value of any digit in a 6-digit number.
Week 4: Score at least 80% on the mixed review test, including correct conversion between fractions and decimals and at least three correct unit conversions.
Week 6: Correctly classify eight out of ten polygons, measure four angles to within two degrees, and compute the area of a composite shape without help.
Week 8: Score at least 80% on the full practice exam and show a written correction for every missed item, with at least one item reviewed per domain.