Primary 6 Maths Curriculum
Understanding the Primary 6 Maths Syllabus & How You Can Support Your P6 Child
In Primary 6, revising for PSLE will be the priority of most parents. But if your child has a strong foundation in math, they can easily adapt to any question in front of them.
We’ve laid out all primary 6 topics in KooBits’ below. This list is aligned to Singapore MOE’s syllabus, a globally-recognised curriculum. Use it to plug any learning gaps in your child’s progress!
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Algebra
- Represent an unknown number using a letter
- Finding unknowns in equations
- Substitute the letter with a given number
- Write simple algebraic expressions
- Simplify algebraic expressions
- Solve word problems involving algebraic expressions
Fractions
- Divide a proper fraction by a whole number
- Divide a whole number by a proper fraction
- Divide a proper fraction by a proper fraction
- Solve word problems involving fractions
Ratio
- Express one quantity as a fraction of another, given their ratio
- Find ratio of one quantity to another, given their fraction
- Ratio of three quantities – Involving common multiples
- Solve word problems involving ratio of three quantities
- Solve word problems involving fractions and ratios
- Solve word problems involving 2 pairs of ratios
- Ratio – One Unchanged Quantity
- Ratio – Unchanged Total
- Ratio – Unchanged Difference
Percentage
- Find the whole given a part and the percentage
- Find the percentage increase or decrease
- Solve word problems involving percentage (using Calculator)
Angles In Geometric Figures
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving square
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving rectangle
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving triangle
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving parallelogram
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving rhombus
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving trapezium
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving square, rectangle and triangle
- Find unknown angles in geometrical figures involving parallelogram, rhombus and trapezium
Area and Circumference of Circle
- Parts of a Circle
- Calculate the circumference of a circle
- Find the area and perimeter of semicircle and quarter circle
- Calculate the area of a circle
- Find the area of semicircle and quarter circle
- Find area and perimeter of a figure made up of square, rectangle, triangle, semicircle and quarter circle
- Solve word problems involving area and perimeter
Speed
- Find speed, given distance and time
- Find distance, given speed and time
- Find time, given distance and speed
- Solve up to 3-step word problems involving speed and average speed
Volume Of Cube and Cuboid
- Find one dimension of a cuboid given its volume and the other dimensions
- Find the length of one edge of a cube given its volume
- Find the height of a cuboid given its volume and base area
- Find the area of a face of a cuboid given its volume and one dimension
- Use of square root and cubic root symbol
- Solve word problems involving volume of a cube and cuboid
Pie Charts
- Read and interpret pie charts
- Solve 1-step word problems using information presented in pie charts
Solid Figures and Nets
- Identify cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder, prism and pyramid
- Identify nets that can form cubes
- Identify a face of cube from its given nets
- Identify nets that can form cuboid
- Identify nets that can form pyramid
- Identify nets that can form prism
- Identify nets of cube, cuboid, prism and pyramid
- Identify the solid which can be formed by a given net
High-ability - Algebra
- Given relationship between two parties, find total amount
- Given amount for two transactions, find final amount
- Given quantity-item relationship & one absolute quantity, find total quantity
- Given absolute amount, quantity of items & a fractional relationship, find total amount
- Given absolute amount, unit price and quantity-price relationship
- Given total quantity, unit quantity & one absolute quantity
- Given repeated-quantity relationship & absolute age
- Given repeated-quantity relationship & absolute relationship among parties
- Given total cost & quantity-cost relationship, find unit cost
- Given average, fractional relationship & one absolute amount
High-ability - Fractions
- Involving division of a proper fraction by a proper fraction
- Involving division of a proper fraction by a proper fraction & get number of items
- Involving division of a whole number by a proper fraction
- Involving division of a proper fraction by a proper fraction & fraction multiplication
- Involving division of a proper fraction by a proper fraction & fraction subtraction
High-ability - Ratio
- Given ratio & one absolute amount, find transfer amount
- Given increase in quantity & ratio before and after quantity change, find initial quantity
- Given two ratio sets & one absolute amount
- Given price ratio before and after discount, find discounted price
- Given quantity ratio & total value of notes, find quantity of notes of a specific value
- Given fractional relationship & total age, find age ratio
- Given initial ratio, fractional spending & final amount difference, find amount for one party
- Given additional quantity & quantity ratio before and after, find final difference
- Given initial ratio, quantity added & repeated quantity after change, find quantity of an item
- Given two absolute amount & ratio between parties, find amount for one party
- Given fractional relationship & age ratio, find age of one party
- Given fractional relationship, find ratio
- Given ratio, fractional and absolute quantity of notes taken away & remaining value, find quantity of notes of a specific value
- Given initial ratio, saving amount & final ratio, find final amount
- Given two transfer events & corresponding ratio, find amount for one party
High-ability - Percentage
- Given percentage relationship, change amount and percentage, find absolute amount
- Given percentage relationship, change amount and percentage, find absolute amount
- Given earning percentage & one price, find earning at another price
- Given discount percentage & price, find discount percentage at another price
- Given percentage relationship, change amount and total amount, find initial salary
- Given percentage & transaction amounts, find initial amount
- Given percentage relationship between groups and sub-groups, find percentage a sub-group
- Given two sets of percentage, find percentage relationship
- Given percentage discount, price & percentage relationship, find discounted price
- Given percentage relationship, find ratio
- Given percentage relationship before and after a change in quantity, find the change in quantity
- Given percentage relationship before and after a change in quantity, find final ratio
- Given savings percentage, change in percentage and amount, find salary
- Given percentage relationship, change in quantity and percentage, find initial quantity
- Given total quantity, percentage relationship & percentage sales, find quantity of items unsold
High-ability - Angles
- Angles involving triangles and rectangles
- Angles involving triangles and squares
- Angles involving triangles and parallelograms
- Angles involving triangles and rhombus
- Angles involving triangles and trapezium
- Angles involving two four-sided figures
High-ability - Circles
- Given radius, find perimeter of a quadrant or semicircle
- Given radius, find total area of quadrants or semicircles
- Given number of turns & diameter, find distance travelled
- Given side of square, find area of the figure
- Given radius, find shaded area of the figure “
- Find area for patterns involving circles and triangles ”
- Given side of square, find area of the figure
- Given perimeter, find area of a circle
- Find perimeter of composite figures made of circles and other shapes
- Find area of composite figures made of circles and other shapes
High-ability - Speed
- Given average speed, starting and ending time, find distance of journey
- Given starting and ending time & distance of journey, find average speed
- Given distance of journey, average speed & ending time, find starting time
- Given starting and ending time & average speed of first journey, starting time & relative speed of return journey, find return time
- Given total time, average speed & distance for first part of journey, find average speed for remaining journey
- Given distance & starting and ending time, find time to travel another journey
- Given average speed & time of travel, find total distance
- Given time of travel, a fractional distance & an absolute distance, find average speed
- Given Distance-Speed-Time relationship for two trips, find difference in average speed
- Given length of train, tunnel & average speed, find time of travel
- Given time of race, fractional distance & difference in speed, find distance of race
- Given two sets of starting time & average speed, find catch-up time
- Given fractional distance, average speed and time for first journey & remaining distance, find total time of travel
- Given time lapse, distance apart & speed difference, find average speed of one party
- Given Distance-Speed-Time relationship of two parties, find catch-up time
High-ability - Volume
- Given total surface area of cubes, find total volume
- Given total volume of cubes, find total surface area
- Given initial water level, base dimension of tank & change in volume, find height of water
- Given volume of water, fractional volume & bottom dimension, find height of tank
- Given volume of two liquids & height of one liquid, find the height of the other liquid
- Given rate of flow & tank dimensions, find time taken to fill up the tank
- Given dimensions of first tank & base area of second tank, find height of water
- Given base area of tank, rate of flow & duration of flowing tap, find volume of water
- Given dimensions of tank, duration of flowing tap, rate of flow, find volume of overflow
High-ability - Pie Charts
- Solve problem using data given in a Pie Chart, involving percentage
- Solve problem using data given in a Pie Chart, involving fractions
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