Year 5 maths Progress checks
Our Y5 maths Progress Checks, prepared by a KS2 teacher, will help you identify any areas your child is having trouble with so you can support their learning at home.
Each term’s maths test consists of 20 questions and a total of 20 marks. The first 5 questions are mental maths questions (allow your child 10 seconds for each one) and the next 15 are written questions (allow your child as much time as they like to do these questions).
The Progress checks are designed to follow TheSchoolRun's Learning Journey for that particular term. Please note: they cannot and will not necessarily follow what your child’s teacher is doing at school this week / term, as teachers tend to choose to cover objectives in an order that they feel suits their class. Therefore, don’t worry if your child cannot complete certain questions; the point of the Progress checks is to help parents identify where children might need extra help and practice.
Y5 maths objectives explained
By the end of the school year children should be confident with the following:
Y5 number and place value
- Reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers to at least 1,000,000
- Counting forwards and backwards with positive and negative numbers
- Rounding any number up to one million to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000
Y5 calculating
- Adding and subtracting with numbers up to four digits using column addition and subtraction
- Identifying factors and multiples of different numbers
- Identifying prime numbers
- Multiplying four-digit numbers by two-digit numbers using long multiplication
- Dividing four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers using short division
- Multiplying whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
- Recognising and using square numbers and cube numbers
- Solving problems involving all four operations
Y5 fractions, decimals and percentages
- Comparing and ordering fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number
- Converting from mixed numbers to improper fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions whose denominators are multiples of the same number
- Mutiplying proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers
- Rounding decimals with two places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
- Comparing numbers with up to three decimal places
- Beginning to understand percentages
- Knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5 and 4/5.
Y5 measurement
- Converting between units of measurement
- Working out the perimeter and area of shapes (including irregular shapes)
- Solving problems involving money and measures
- Solving problems involving converting between units of time
Y5 geometry
- Drawing and measuring angles
- Finding angles around a point, on a straight line and within a right angle
Y5 statistics
- Solving comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph
- Completing and interpreting information in tables, including timetables
What your child learns in Year 5 maths is explained in our parents' guide; you can also look through all our Y5 maths worksheets or follow our Learning Journey for Y5 maths.
