Math 1 6
Math 1 6
Math 1 6
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS
February 2011
MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation to ECSEL, UNESCO and all our partners for their immense contribution to this important task of
revising and strengthening of the National Curriculum. Special thanks to USAID through LTTP for their funding and technical support in the
harmonization or realignment of the curriculum. We extend sincere thanks and appreciation to the Bureau of Curriculum Development and
Textbook Research, the National Curriculum Taskforce, and the subject specialists from various institutions for the level of professionalism that
went into this exercise.
The revision and strengthening of our National Curriculum comes at a time when our nation is faced with the Herculean task or challenge of
education transformation, national reconstruction, recovery and renewal in the aftermath of a devastating civil war. Hence, critical to this
national challenge is the rebuilding of the education sector as Liberians can not achieve the desired socio-economic progress in the absence of a
strong, vibrant and productive education and training system.
The revised national curriculum has two features which include the regular core subject areas of Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and
Social Studies and emphasis is being given to the global challenge of HIV/AIDS, Peace, Citizenship, Human Rights and Environmental
education. Secondly, the new curriculum is developed in line with international standards especially those practiced and enshrined in the
curriculum of our sisterly Republic of Nigeria and Ghana who are also members of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) .
We wish to urge all our education partners including students, teachers, principals, proprietors of schools and members of school boards to use
this curriculum in our schools to enhance quality and relevant instruction and to enable our students to be adequately prepared to take the West
African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) come 2013 as envisaged by us in the education sector.
May I conclude by once again saying big thank-you to all those who contributed to make this project a success.
General Objectives:
Intended Learning Outcomes: Students will appreciate and develop interest in the computation numeric skills, graphing and probability.
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Grade One Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
General Objectives: To develop students’ knowledge and skills in order to acquire or reinforce basic numeric skills
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Grade One Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
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Grade ONE Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, the students will be able to:
1. Read and write two-digit numbers
2. Compare and order numbers up to 10
3. Find numbers before, after, and between
4. Count by 2’s 5’s, and 10’s up to 100
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Grade ONE Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objective: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Add tens
2. Subtract tens
3. Add 2-digit numbers without regrouping
4. Subtract 2-digit numbers without regrouping
5. Add 2- digit numbers regrouping ones
6 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction
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Grade ONE Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
Topic: Measurement
Specific objectives: upon completion of this unit, the students will be able to:
1. Define measurement
2. Define and describe weight
3.Estimate length, weight using selected units of measure
4.Tell time for different times of the day
5.Identify Liberian Money in terms of unit value
6.Define and describe capacity(space-within/volume)
7.Measure an area using non-standard units
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Grade ONE Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, the students will be able to:
1. Sort out plane figures according to shapes
2. Identify triangles, rectangles, circles
3. Draw triangles, rectangles, circles
4. Identify halves, thirds, or fourths
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Grade Two Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit. Students will be able to:
1. Match objects to whole numbers
2. Add numbers by using the union of two disjoint sets e.g. Use family members (set of boys and girls.) to describe disjoint set.
3. Count by twos, fives, tens up to 100
4. Compare parts of a whole
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Grade Two Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
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Grade Two Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit , the students be able to:
1. Find the sum of three or more two-digit numerals without regrouping
2. Use equality and inequality in addition
3. Subtract one digit number from two digit numbers and two digit numbers from two digit number without regrouping, using population concept as
specific example.
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Grade Two Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Solve addition problem using regrouping
2. Solve subtraction problem using regrouping
3. Multiply 1-digit numerals
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Grade Two Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit. Students will be able to:
1. Describe weight and capacity
2. Measure lengths, balancing weights and capacity using local units
3. Use standard units of measurement
4. Tell time for different times of the day
5. Use the currency in circulation
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Grade Two Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate or use games to identify position (ordinals)
2. Identify and give simple properties of line segment, square, rectangle, triangle circles and quadrilaterals(Geometry)
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Grade Three Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Add one and two digit numerals
2. Subtract one and two digit numerals
3. Subtract two digit numerals using regrouping
4. Add two digit numerals
5. Multiply one and two digit numerals
6. Identify symbols such as > < or =
7. Name parts of a whole
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Grade Three Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: upon the completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify the properties of sets and subsets using population data with specific reference to family members.
2. Identify disjoints sets, union of sets as they relate to addition
3. Compare and order fractions
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Grade Three Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Read numerals up to 1000
2. write numerals up to 1000
3. Recognize and write place value for given numerals (ones, tens, hundreds and thousands).
4. Write three digit numerals to expanded notation
5. Compare and order unit fraction such as ½ , 1/3 ,1/4, etc.
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Grade Three Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Specified Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the basic combination of additions, subtraction, division and multiplication in solving whole number problems.
2. Solve simple open sentence problems with one variable.
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Grade Three Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: upon completion of this unit, students will be able to.:
1 A. Apply the associative property of addition and multiplication
B.commutative property of addition and multiplication
C.Distributative property of multiplication over addition and subtraction
D.Zero as the identity element for multiplication
2. Perform multiplication with factor less than 100.
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Grade Three Mathematics fourth Marking Period First Semester
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Grade Three Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Three Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completing this unit, students will be able to:
6. Identify simple geometric figures of line segments, square, cone, right angle, rectangles, triangles, and vertex.
7. Identify and draw various type of angles.
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Grade Four Mathematics first Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: At the end of this unit, the students will be able to:
8. Read and write whole numbers up to hundred thousand
9. Compare and order whole numbers to hundred thousand
10. Round whole numbers up to thousand
11. Add and Subtract whole numbers using population data on births, deaths, and migration
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Grade Four Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
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Grade Four Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, the students will be able to:
1. Identify even and odd numbers
2. Identify factors and multiples
3. Find LCM and GCF of numbers
4. Find parts of a set
5. Write equivalent fractions
6. Simplify fractions
7. Add fractions
8. Subtract fractions
9. Solve problems involving multi-step problems
Solving problems
involving multi-step
problems;
Simplifying fractions
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Grade Four Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
Topic: Multiplication and Division of 2-Digits multipliers and Divisors (Decimals to Hundredths)
Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to:
1. Multiply 2-Digits factors of multiples of 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s
2. Estimate products involving 2-Digits multipliers
3. Multiply 2, 3, or 4 – Digits multipliers
4. Divide multiples of 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s by 2- Digit Divisors mentally
5. Estimate quotient of 2- Digit Divisors
6. Divide 2, 3, or 4 – Digit numbers by 2-Digit Divisors
7. Read and write decimal numerals up to hundredths place
8. Compare and order decimal numerals up to hundredths place
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Grade Four Mathematics Fifth Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Estimate time
2. Find elapsed time
3. Estimate customary units of lengths
4. Measure lengths using customary units
5. Estimate customary units of mass and capacity
6. Estimate metric units of lengths, capacity and mass
7. Convert subunits of lengths and weight in the metric system
8. Perform addition and subtraction of measurement of lengths and weights
9. Find the perimeters and areas of squares and rectangles
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Grade Four Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Five Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
Subject: Mathematics
Period Two
Topic: Multiplication and Division of whole numbers and Decimals number theory
Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the pupils will be able to:
1. Identify properties of operation (commutative, associative, distributive zero and Identity)
2. Multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals
3. State the divisibility rules for 1-5
4. Identify prime and composite numbers
5. Find ECF and LCM
6. Write factor for parts of a set
7. Find equivalent fraction
8. Simplify fraction
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Grade Five Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
Unit Topic: Multiplication and Division of whole numbers and Decimals number theory
Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to:
9. Identify properties of operation (commutative, associative, distributive zero and Identity)
10. Multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals
11. State the divisibility rules for 1-5
12. Identify prime and composite numbers
13. Find ECF and LCM
14. Write factor for parts of a set
15. Find equivalent fraction
16. Simplify fraction
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Grade Five Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
Topic: Fractions
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of the unit, the students will be able to:
1. Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers
2. Multiply and divide fractions
3. Solve word problems involving fractions
4. Convert fractions to decimals and vice – versa
5. Compare and order fractions
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Grade Five Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
Topic: Measurement
Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to:
1. Find elapsed tine
2. Estimate length, weight, capacity using selected units of measure
3. Adding and Subtracting customary units of measure
4. Converting selected units of measure in the metric units (mm; cm; m; km; g; kg; ml; L)
5. Finding perimeters of polygons
6. Finding areas of parallelograms and triangles
7. Finding volume of prisms
8. Estimate temperature
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Grade Five Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
Topic: Geometry
Specific Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Define, identify, construct, and measure angles and geometric figures
2. Classify triangles by sides and angles
3. Classify quadrilaterals
4. Identify congruent figures
5. Solve multi-step problems
6. Find circumference of a circle
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Grade Five Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics First Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: By the end of this unit one, students will be able to:
1. Use the power of set method to determine numbers of sets
2. Use set builder notation of describe sets
3. Apply skills and knowledge of intersection and union sets to find solution to daily life problem
4. Classify rational numbers into subset of whole numbers
5. Perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of integer
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Grade Six Mathematics Second Marking Period First Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of unit two, pupil will be able to:
1. Add and subtract numbers in base ten and five
2. Multiply number in base ten and five
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Grade Six Mathematics Third Marking Period First Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics Fourth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics Fifth Marking Period Second Semester
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Grade Six Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Define and write ratio and proportion
2. Write ratio as a faction
3. Write percentage as a ratio
4. Express two or more ratio as proportion
5. Solve stated problems related to ratio and proportion
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Grade Six Mathematics Sixth Marking Period Second Semester
Bibliography
1. Elementary Mathematics for Liberia Grade 1-6 Revised 1998, Addison Wesley, Longman Limited, Singapore
2. The World Book of Math Power, 1996, William H. Nault et al (Authors), World Book Encyclopedia, Inc.
3. Scott Foresman Addison Wesley, Mathematics, 2004, Grade 1 – 6, Randall I. Charles et all
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