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Primary 5 Syllabus

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Overview

P5 is a difficult year for many students.

Having just made it through a trying year of transitioning into upper primary math in P4, they now face the onslaught of PSLE preparations.

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Find out what’s in the syllabus and try some of our sample questions!

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Overview of Primary 5 Math Syllabus

Here are the P5 topics and skills that are covered our system. The 2025 Primary 5 Math Syllabus can be divided into 3 main branches – Numbers, Measurement and Geometry and finally, Statistics.

P5 Math: Numbers

The Primary 5 (P5) topics that are covered under Number are Whole Number, Fraction, Decimal, Percentage, Ratio and Rate. The following shows the breakdown of the skills in topic:

order-of-operations

Whole Numbers

  • Count to 1 000 000
  • Place values up to hundred thousands
  • Use order of operations
  • Divide by 1o, 100, 1000 & their multiples
  • Multiply by 10, 100, 1000 & their multiples
  • Solve word problems involving 4 operations
addition

Fractions

  • Add & subtract mixed numbers
  • Multiply a fraction by a whole number
  • Multiply a proper fraction by a proper fraction
  • Understand how fractions and division are related
  • Divide a whole number by a whole number
  • Convert a fraction to a decimals and vice versa
  • Multiply 2 improper fractions
  • Solve fraction word problems
rate

Rate

  • Express rate as the amount of quantity per unit of another quantity
  • Find rate, total amount or number of units, given any other 2 quantities
  • Solve problem sums with proportional reasoning
ratio

Ratio

  • Write ratios
  • Write equivalent ratios
  • Divide a quantity in a given ratio
  • Simplify ratios
  • Find the ratio of 2 or 3 given quantities
  • Solve ratio word problems
percentage

Percentage

  • Understand a percentage of the whole
  • Convert a fraction to a percentage and vice versa
  • Express a decimal as a percentage and vice versa
  • Convert a percentage to a decimal and vice versa
  • Find discount, GST and annual interest
  • Find a percentage part of a whole
  • Solve percentage word problems
decimals

Decimals

  • Add decimals
  • Subtract decimals
  • Rounding off decimals
  • Multiply decimals
  • Divide decimals
  • Multiply decimals by 10, 100 1000 and their multiples
  • Divide decimals by 10, 100 1000 and their multiples
  • Convert measurements of length, mass & volume
  • Solve decimal word problems

P5 Math: Measurement and Geometry

The Primary 5 (P5) topics that are covered under Measurement and Geometry are Area of Triangle, Volume and Angles. Refer to the following for the breakdown of the skills in each topic.

area-triangles

Area of Triangle

  • Identify the base or height of a triangle
  • Know the properties of an isosceles triangle
  • Know the properties of a right-angled triangle
  • Know the properties of an equilateral triangle
  • Relate the area of a triangle to its rectangle
  • Find the area of a triangle using the formula
  • Solve area of triangle word problems
volume

Volume

  • Draw the top/side/front view of a solid
  • Find the volume of a cuboid
  • Find the volume of a cube
  • Find the volume of a liquid in a rectangular tank
  • Convert 1 litres to 1 000 cubic mililitres
  • Solve volume word problems
angles

Angles

  • Use the angle rule of angles on a straight line
  • Use the angle rule of angles at a point
  • Use the angle rule of  vertically opposite angles
  • Know what is the sum of angles of a triangle
  • Find an unknown angle in a triangle
  • Know the properties of a parallelogram
  • Know the properties of a rhombus
  • Know the properties of a trapezium
  • Find an unknown angle in a special quadrilateral
  • Identify basic shapes in a composite figure

P5 Math: Statistics

The Primary 5 (P5) topics that are covered under Statistics include Average. Refer below for the breakdown of the skills in that topic.

graphs

Average

  • Find the average, given total value & the number of data
  • Find the total value, given the average & the number of data
  • Solve average word problems

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