Brief Info about Korean Mathematics curriculum for each grade

This information will give a guidance for essential understandings about Korean mathematics standard of learning curriculum for grade 5. This article delineates the key concept and mathematical knowledge that all students should grasp to demonstrate an understanding in Grade 5.

Grade 5
5-1 the first semester

1. Factor and multiple
factor, common factor, great common factor, multiple, common multiple, least common           multiple

2. Rectangular prism
characteristics of a rectangular prism
the number of faces, vertices and edges of a rectangular prism

3. Dividing the numerator and denominator by their GCF, making the same denominator by      multiplying their LCM

4. Addition and subtraction of fractions
Addition and subtraction of fractions that have different denominators

5. Area of polygon
Areas of a triangle, rectangle, square, trapezoid and rhombus

6. Multiplication of fractions
understanding of operations with fractions
computation to multiply fractions

5-2 the second semester
1. Multiplication of decimals
multiplication of decimal with the whole number, Multiplication of decimals

2. Congruent and symmetry
understanding the term of congruent
identify congruent triangles
exploring line symmetry and point symmetry

3. Division of fractions

4. Division of decimals

5. Metric units
metric units for measurement of an area as cm², m², are, hectare and km²

6. Expression of data
understand that stem-and-leaf plots list data