GENERAL MATHEMATICS

PRIMARY FIVE 1ST TERM

MATHEMATICS
WK TOPIC CONTENT TEACHERS ACTIVITIES LEARNERS ACTIVITIES
1. Whole number i. Meaningful counting in i. Guides pupils to use abacus to i. Form and read numbers using Abacus.
thousands and millions. form and read given numbers e.g
895, 643. ii. Write and read numbers up to a million in
ii. Writing several numbers in words and figures.
thousand and millions in words ii. Guides pupils to write several
and words and figures. numbers in thousand and millions in iii. Find the prime factors of numbers in each
words and figures. set.
iii. Identification of prime number
less than 100. iii. Guides pupils to identify prime iv. Express numbers as product of prime
number less than 100. factors.
iv. Express numbers as product of
prime factors. iv. Guides pupils to express numbers v. Solve problems on quantitative reasoning
as product of prime factors. involving thousands and millions.
v. Quantitative reasoning on
counting in thousand and millions. v. Guides pupils to solve
quantitative reasoning on counting in
thousand and millions e.g
30,000

600 15,000 50

2. Fractions i. Meaning of fraction and i. Guides the pupils to state the i. Starting the meanings of fraction and
percentage with examples. meanings of fraction and percentage percentage.
with examples.
ii. Changing fractions to decimals. ii. Convert fractions to decimals.
ii. Guides the pupils to convert
iii. Changing decimal to fractions. fractions to decimals e.g iii. Pupils convert decimals to fractions.
2/10 = 0.2
iv. Changing decimals to iv. Converts decimals to percentage and vice
percentage and vice versa. iii. Guides the pupils to convert versa.
decimals to fractions e.g
v. Quantitative reasoning on 0.4 = 4/10, 0.62 = 62/100 v. Solve quantitative aptitude problems
problems related to percentages. related to percentages.
iv. Guides the pupils to change
decimals to percentage and vice
versa.

v. Guides pupils to solve quantitative

reasoning problems on percentage
and fraction.
3. Fractions i. Meaning of ratio with examples. i. Guides pupils to state the meaning i. Pupils states the meaning of ratio and
of ratio as ratio is a way of showing example in which ratio is used.
ii. Changing fractions to ratio. how large or how small one quantity
is when compared to another ii. Convert fractions to ratio.
ii. Stating the relationship quantity.

iii. Stating the relationship between ii. Guides pupils to identify the iii. Identify the relationship between ratio and
2ND TERM PRIMARY FIVE MATHEMATICS
WK TOPIC CONTENT TEACHERS ACTIVITIES PUPILS ACTIVITIES
1. MONEY i. Identify various currencies used i. Show charts of various denomination i. Identify various currencies shown on
in Nigeria and other countries. of money used in Nigeria and other the chart.
countries.

ii. Compare Nigeria unit of money ii. Guide pupils to explain that the ii. Carry out conversation of one
with pound sterling, American demand (I.e market force for any currency to the others as contained in
dollars and some West Africa currency will determine the conversation the chart.
countries. rate.

iii. Link rates of conversion to the iii. Nigeria bank note, coins on model of
iii. Guide the pupils to convert purchasing power quoted in foreign money. Organize a shopping corner in
from one currency to another. currencies. the class.

iv. Calculate profit and loss, simple

iv. Guide pupils to carryout profits interest, commission, discount and
and loss, simple interest, transactions.
commission, discount and
transaction in offices, banks and
market. v. Solve quantitative reasoning problem
involving money.
v. Guide pupils to solve problem
on quantitative reasoning.

2. PERIMETER Meaning of perimeter and i. lead pupils to discover that perimeter i. meaning of perimeter of shapes as
identification of shapes around means total distance round a shape. distance round the shape.
the classroom.

ii. Guide pupils to measure objects ii. Measurement of objects around the
ii. Find perimeter of shapes using around the class e.g.: Their books, classroom.
formula. tables, bench e.t.c and write their result.

iii. Guide pupils to use the formula iii. Find the perimeter of regular shapes.
iii. Measurement of objects 2(L+B) in calculating perimeters of
around the class. square or rectangle as shown below :
11. REVISION.

12. EXAMINATION.

3RD TERM PRIMARY FIVE MATHEMATICS

WK TOPIC CONTENT TEACHERS ACTIVITIES PUPILS ACTIVITIES
1. STRUCTURE OF i. Introduction of shapes that i. guide the pupils to identify shapes that i. Identify shapes that are spherical in
EARTH are spherical. are spherical in shape e.g Egg, Ball e.t.c shape.
ii. Shape of earth. ii. Guide pupils to identify the volume of the ii. Describe earth as a spherical.
iii. Volume of the globe. globe with emphasis on sphere. iii. Calculate the volume of the cuboids.
iv. Comparing volume of a iii. Guide the pupils to compare the volume iv. Shows that the volume of the globe is
sphere and cuboids of a sphere and cuboids. less than the volume of the cuboids
v. Quantitative reasoning iv.Quantitative reasoning involving volume enclosing it.
involving volume of a sphere of a sphere and cuboids. v. Quantitative reasoning.
and cuboids. v. Guide pupils to identify that the volume of
globe is less than that of enclosing
cuboids.
2. PLANE SHAPES i. Parallel and perpendicular i. Guides pupils to explain parallel and i. Identify parallel and perpendicular lines
lines. perpendicular lines using edges of the in selected objects.
ii. Properties of triangles board. ii. Identify properties of a triangle,
including equilateral, ii. Guide pupils to state the properties of a equilateral and isosceles angles e.t.c.
isosceles e.t.c triangle including equilateral, isosceles iii. Label parallel line and perpendicular
iii. Introducing the symbols e.t.c. lines.
parallel lines e.g AB//CD iii. Guide pupils to identify symbol live iv. State properties of shapes like
also Introducing the symbol AB//CD, ƩC/GH used in parallel and trapezium parallelogram and rhombus.
of perpendicular lines. e.g perpendicular lines. v. Quantitative reasoning on angles.
EC/GH with examples. iv. Guide pupils to state the properties of the
iv. Properties of the following following: shapes trapezium,
shapes trapezium, parallelogram and rhombus.
parallelogram and rhombus.
v. Quantitative reasoning
triangles.
3. 2 AND 3 i. 2 and 3 dimensional shapes i. Guide pupils to construct 2 and 3 i. Constructing 2 and 3 dimensional
DIMENSIONAL using card board sheets, dimensional shapes. shapes.
SHAPES. tapes, scissors and rulers. ii. Guide pupils to identify cubes, cuboids ii. Identify cubes, cuboids and cylinder as
ii. Showing cubes, cuboids and and cylinder as prism. prism.
cylinders as prism. iii. Guide pupils to identify properties of 3. iii. State properties of cube, cuboids and
i. Dimensional shapes such as; cube pyramids.
i. Properties of a 3 cuboids and cylinder e.t.c.
dimensional shapes e.g ii.Guide pupils to identify the faces, edges i. State the faces edges and vertices of
cubes, cuboids, pyramid and verticals of the various dimensional the various dimensional shapes.
4. 2 and 3 Dimensional
e.t.c shapes. ii. Quantitative aptitude problems related
shapes contd
ii.Counting number of faces, iiii.Quantitative reasoning relating to 3 to cube cuboids and pyramid.
edges and vertices in the dimensional shapes.
various dimensional shapes.
iii. Quantitative reasoning
relating to 3 dimensional 1
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shapes.
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