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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.

Not to worry, because we have plenty of fun and effective learning material to help them build their skills and confidence, and put your mind at ease.

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 2026 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, Rate and Percentage. 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
order-of-operations

4 Operations of Whole Numbers

  • Use order of operations
  • Divide by 10, 100, 1000 & their multiples
  • Multiply by 10, 100, 1000 & their multiples
  • Solve word problems involving 4 operations
factors

Fractions

  • Divide whole numbers as fractions
  • Express fractions as decimals
  • Express decimals as fractions
factors

4 Operations of Fractions

  • Add mixed numbers
  • Subtract mixed numbers
  • Multiply a fraction by a whole number
  • Multiply 2 fractions
  • Multiply a mixed number and a whole number
  • Solve fraction word problems
decimals

Decimals

  • Multiply decimals by 10, 100 1000
  • Multiply decimals by tens, hundreds and thousands
  • Divide decimals by 10, 100 1000
  • Divide decimals by tens, hundreds and thousands
  • Convert measurements of length, mass & volume
  • Solve decimal 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
percentage

Percentage

  • Understand what a percentage is
  • 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 a percentage part of a whole
  • Find percentage in pie charts
  • Find discount, GST and annual interest
  • Solve percentage word problems

P5 Math: Measurement and Geometry

The Primary 5 (P5) topics that are covered under Measurement and Geometry are Area of Triangle, Volume, Angles and Properties of Triangles, Parallelogram, Rhombus and Trapezium. 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
  • Relate the area of a triangle to its rectangle
  • Find the area of a triangle using the formula
  • Find the area of composite figures
volume

Volume

  • Find the volume of solids in cubic units, cubic centimetres and cubic metres
  • Find the volume of a cube
  • Find the volume of a cuboid
  • Find the volume of a liquid in a rectangular tank
  • 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
  • Find an unknown angle in a triangle
area-triangles

Properties of Triangles

  • Know the properties of an isosceles triangle
  • Know the properties of a right-angled triangle
  • Know the properties of an equilateral triangle
  • Find the angle sum of a triangle
  • Find unknown angles
length

Properties of Parallelogram, Rhombus & Trapezium

  • 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

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