Math

Grade 4/5 Math Comparison of Curriculum Content

Grade 4 Grade 5

Number Number

Numbers to 10 000 Numbers to 1 000 000

Add/subtract (3- and 4-digit numerals)

Multiplication: 2- and 3-digits by 1-digit Multiplication: up to 81, 2-digits by 2- digits

Division: 2-digits by 1-digit Division: 3-digits by 1-digit

Mental math strategies: skip counting from a known fact; Mental math strategies: skip counting from a known fact,

doubling/halving; doubling/halving and subtracting one doubling/halving; patterns in the 9s facts; repeated

more group; patterns in the 9s facts; repeated doubling doubling/halving

(up to 10x10 facts and related division facts)

Fractions: understanding identical fractions may not represent Fractions: unlike denominators, equivalent fractions

same quantity

Decimals: tenths/hundredths Decimals: thousandths

Add/subtract hundredths Add/subtract thousandths

Patterns and Relations Patterns and Relations

Patterns: patterns and relations Patterns: pattern rules

One step equations One step equations with whole number

co-efficient

Shape and Space Shape and Space

Time: reading all clocks and calendar

dates

Area (cm², m²)

Length (mm)

Compare mm to cm, mm to m

Compare area and perimeter

Volume (cm³, m³)

Capacity (mL, L)

Rectangular and triangular prisms (3-D objects) Quadrilaterals (2-D shapes)

Line symmetry 3-D, 2-D lines (parallel, perpendicular, horizontal, vertical, intersecting)

Transformations (translation, rotation, reflection)

Statistics and Probability Statistics and Probability

Bar graphs, pictographs, one to many correspondence Double bar graphs

First hand/second hand data

Probability (introduction to vocabulary)