This term in Year 5 we will be covering the following topics:
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Identifying multiples, factors and prime numbers.
Recall the prime numbers off by heart up to 19.
Recognise and use square and cube numbers, and know how they are represented (by ² and ³).
Solve problems involving multiplication and division.
Know the percentage and decimal equivalents of one half, one quarter, one fifth, two fifths and
four fifths.
Solve problems involving length, mass, volume and money.
Below are some activities that you could do/discussions you could have at home to help your child
progress at school.
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Identifying multiples, factors and prime numbers.
Recall the prime numbers off by heart up to 19.
Recognise and use square and cube numbers, and know how they are represented (by
² and ³).
Children will not begin to understand multiples, factors, prime numbers, square numbers or cube
numbers fully until they know ALL of their times tables off by heart.
By Year 5 they should be secure in all of their times tables. Each of us learn in a different way, and
you might be able to help your child learn their times tables by:
-finding the patterns within the tables and remembering them
-learning them by rote
-playing times tables games (link on the class page on the school website)
-quizzing them
Solve problems involving multiplication and division.
Problems which are written in a real life context can often be ones that children find tricky – but
there is a method to solving them! Children must work out what they are being asked to do, which
operation they need to use (add, subtract, multiply or divide), and how they are going to do it.
You can find the steps to solving a word problem on our class page on the school website. Share
problems like the one below with your children and work them through together whenever you
can:
Mrs Leigh in the office is counting the dinner money. Three classes have sent £10.47. They send
the same amount of money for 2 days. How much money is sent to the office altogether?
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Know the percentage and decimal equivalents of one half, one quarter, one fifth, two
fifths and four fifths.
Use the technical language – if you are cutting something in half or into quarters, ask your child
what percentage or fraction you are cutting. Do they know what this would be in decimal form?
And more importantly, can they explain why 0.5 is equal to ½ and 50%?
Solve problems involving length, mass, volume and money.
If you are cooking or shopping, share some of the items with your children and ask them
to help you work it out. “If the recipe says I will need 50 grams for 1 person, how many
grams will I need for 3 people?” Conversations like this can help children to put their
maths into context and get their problem solving skills switched on!