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  PRIMARY MATH 3rd edition: SCOPE & SEQUENCE

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  GRADE 1

Primary Math 1A Primary Math 1B
  • Counting to 10
  • Which number is greater
  • Two single digit numbers that make another one digit number
  • Adding numbers up to 10
  • Simple subtraction
  • Making number stories
  • Adding 10 and a single digit
  • Subtracting a single digit from a teen number
  • Greater and less than
  • Adding a single digit to a teen number
  • Word problems
  • Basic shapes; matching
  • Longest/shortest
  • Taller/shorter
  • Length, in relationship to objects
  • Mass; heavier/lighter
  • Measuring mass
  • Adding two or three of the same single digit numbers
  • Word problems; adding and subtracting
  • Grouping by tens
  • Adding tens and ones by grouping
  • Greater, less than (to 40)
  • Tens and ones, grouping
  • Time; hour and half hour
  • Adding one digit to two digit numbers
  • Grouping; the beginnings of multiplication (1 through 5)
  • Subtraction; one digit numbers from two digit numbers
  • Subtracting tens from two digit numbers
  • Simple division
  • Money concepts
  • Word problems with money;
  • adding and subtracting one and two digit numbers

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  GRADE 2

Primary Math 2A Primary Math 2B
  • Numbers to 100, greater and less than
  • Counting by units of ones, tens and hundreds
  • Subtracting two/three digit numbers from two/three digit numbers without regrouping
  • Adding two/three digit numbers from two/three digit numbers without regrouping
  • Adding two and three digit numbers with regrouping (carrying over), word problems
  • Subtracting two and three digit numbers with regrouping (borrowing), word problems
  • Length; metres, centimetres: comparisons, word problems
  • Weight; kilograms, grams: comparisons, word problems
  • Multiplication and division of 2s, 3s, 4s, with word problems

  • Finding the missing number, in addition and subtraction problems of two digits; total=one part + another part
  • Mental addition and subtraction with two and three digit numbers, word problems
  • Multiplication and Division by 4 , 5 and 10, word problems
  • Money, adding and subtracting using decimals, word problems
  • Simple fractions
  • Time; minutes of the hour
  • Capacity; litres, comparisons, word problems
  • Picture graphs
  • Geometry; flat and curved faces, making shapes, patterns
  • Reviews; (arithmetic and word problems) throughout the book
  • Square units

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  GRADE 3

Primary Math 3A Primary Math 3B
  • Counting to 10
  • Which number is greater
  • Two single digit numbers that make another one digit number
  • Numbers to 10,000, place values, finding the units, number patterns
  • Sum and Differences up to hundreds; using line graph, word problems
  • Adding ones, tens, hundreds, thousands with regrouping
  • Subtracting ones, tens, hundreds, thousands with regrouping
  • Word problems for adding and subtracting the above
  • Two step word problems
  • Multiplying and dividing; 1-5 times a number up to 10, two digit number divided by a number up to 5, and including 10.
  • Multiplying a single digit (1-5) by a number of up to three digits
  • Dividing a number by 1-5, with remainders.
  • Dividing ones, tens and hundreds by 1-5
  • Word problems
  • Multiplication tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9
  • Multiplying and dividing three digit numbers by 6-9
  • Word problems
  • Money, using decimals; adding and subtracting, word problems using line graphs


  • Mental math; adding and subtraction two digits with regrouping
  • Quick review of multiplication and division from 3A
  • Length; metres, centimetres and kilometres-converting, includes using line graphs, problems
  • Weight; kilograms and grams-converting, word problems
  • Review of all concepts, including multiplication and division
  • Capacity; Litres and millilitres-converting, word problems
  • Graphs; bar graphs
  • Fractions; greater/less than, equivalent fractions, word problems
  • Times; hours and minutes- adding, subtracting
  • Other units of time; seconds, weeks, days, etc
  • Introduction to angles; shapes
  • Area; of shapes made of squares and triangles
  • Perimeter
  • Area of a rectangle
  • Reviews


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  GRADE 4

Primary Math 4A Primary Math 4B
  • Whole numbers, place value to the ten-thousands
  • Rounding off numbers, estimating sums, practice
  • Factors
  • Multiples; common factors, common multiples, practice
  • Multiplication and division of whole numbers by one digit of up to 4 digits, word problems
  • Multiplication by a two digit number (ie 10, 50), practice and review
  • Fractions; adding fractions with common denominators, adding simple fractions with uncommon denominators, where one of the denominators is a multiple of the other (line graphs used to sho concepts)
  • Subtracting fractions with common denominators, or from 1
  • Subracting fractions with uncommon denominators, where one of the denominators is a multiple of the other
  • Mixed Numbers; adding simple mixed numbers, improper fractions, changing improper fractions to mixed numbers
  • Fractions of a set (ie 2/3 of 24), practice
  • Review
  • Tables and Graphs
  • Angles; measuring angles with a protractor
  • Perpendicular and parallel lines; introduction
  • Area and perimeter; rectangles and squares, figuring area and perimeter of composite shpes
  • Review

  • Decimals; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, converting to fractions and vise-versa, practice problems, rounding off, review
  • Decimals; addition and subtraction of decimal numbers up to hundredths
  • Decimals; multiplication of decimal numbers by a single digit whole number
  • Decimals; division of decimal numbers by a single digit whole number
  • Review of all the above decimal operations
  • Measures; the four operations using units of measurement
  • Symmetry; introduction
  • Solid figures; using unit cubes to build shapes
  • Volume; cubic centimetres, measuring the volume of cuboids
  • Review

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  GRADE 5

Primary Math 5A Primary Math 5B
  • Place value up to millions
  • Approximation and estimation with large numbers
  • Multiplying and dividing by tens, hundreds or thousands (ie X 20, 200, 4000)
  • Order of operations,
  • Word problems, using line graphs to illustrate solving problems
  • Multiplication and division by a two digit whole number
  • Fractions; dividing a whole number by a whole number to get a fraction (22%8)
  • Addition and subtraction of fractions with uncommon denominators
  • Addition and subtraction of mixed numbers
  • Multiplying a fraction and a whole number
  • Multiplying two fractions together
  • Dividing a fraction by a whole number
  • Word problems, using line graphs
  • Review of all types of problems above
  • Area of triangles
  • Ratios, equivalent ratios, comparing three quantities, word problems
  • Angles; measuring, finding unknown angles
  • Review

  • Decimals; approximation and estimation using all four operations
  • Decimals; multiplication and division of decimal numbers by tens, hundreds and thousands (ie X 20, 400, 5000)
  • Decimals; multiplication of a decimal number by a two digit whole number
  • Review, including all material from preceding books learned thus far
  • Percents; expressed as a fraction
  • Writing fractions as percents
  • Percents of a quantity (ie 30% of 500)
  • Averaging
  • Rate; quantity/time, etc
  • Graphs; line graphs
  • Review
  • Triangles; sum of angles of a triange, isosceles and equilateral triangles,drawing triangles using a protractor
  • Four-sided figures; parallelograms, rhombuses and trapezuims-finding angle measurements, drawing
  • Tessellations; tiling patterns
  • Volume of cubes and cuboids, finding the volume a an irregular shaped solid by measuring displacement of fluid in a container
  • Review


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  GRADE 6

Primary Math 6A Primary Math 6B
  • Algebra; Algebraic expressions using one variable, simplifying expressions
  • Solid figures; drawing solid figures with straight edges
  • Ratios and fractions; writing ratios as fractions, line graphs used to illustrate concepts
  • Ratio and proportion
  • Changing ratios through adding or subtraction amounts, using line graphs
  • Review of all work to date
  • Percents; part of the whole as a percent-expressing fractions as percents, expressing percents as fractions, expressing decimals as percents
  • One quantity as a percent of another (ie express 1.35 as a percent of 90cm)
  • Solving percent problems with line graphs
  • Speed and average speed (ie speed=distance X time, etc)
  • Review

  • Circles; measuring radius and diameter
  • Circumference; of circles and semi-circles
  • Area of circles; whole, half and quarter circles, measuring areas of shapes with circular areas
  • Graphs; pie graphs
  • Review of all material to date
  • Volume; solving problems with irregular volumes by measurement of displacement
  • Triangles and four-sided figures; finding measurements of angles by deduction
  • Review
  • More challenging word problems; whole numbers and decimals, fractions, ratio, speed, illustrated with line graphs
  • Review


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