CBSE Syllabus for Class 5 Maths 2025-2026

CBSE Class 5 Maths syllabus

Mathematics is an important subject for students in every grade, whether they are in class 5 or any other grade. Because Mathematics emphasizes logic and order, it assists pupils in thinking logically. Every Mathematics question can be solved in a multitude of ways, and each student's approach to solving each question is unique.

Experts created the CBSE Syllabus for class 5 maths in accordance with the most recent pattern. Students can prepare for their Maths test by studying according to the specified syllabus and doing CBSE Class 5 Maths Worksheets. The Maths CBSE Syllabus for Class 5 is available below.

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CBSE Syllabus for Class 5 Maths 2024-25 

Geometry (16 hrs.) 

SHAPES & SPATIAL UNDERSTANDING 

• Gets the feel of perspective while drawing a 3-D object in 2-D. 
• Gets the feel of an angle through observation and paper folding. 
• Identifies right angles in the environment. 
• Classifies angles into right, acute and obtuse angles. 
• Represents right angle, acute angle and obtuse angle by drawing and tracing. 
• Explores intuitively rotations and reflections of familiar 2-D shapes. 
• Explores intuitively symmetry in familiar 3-D shapes. 
• Makes the shapes of cubes, cylinders and cones using nets especially designed for this purpose. 

Numbers (40 hrs.) 

NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS 

• Finds place value in numbers beyond 1000. 
• Appreciates the role of place value in addition, subtraction and multiplication algorithms. 
• Uses informal and standard division algorithms. 
• Explains the meaning of factors and multiples. 

MENTAL ARITHMETIC 

• Estimates sums, differences, products and quotients and verifies using approximation. 

FRACTIONAL NUMBERS 

• Finds the fractional part of a collection. 
• Compares fractions.
• Identifies equivalent fractions. 
• Estimates the degree of closeness of a fraction to known fractions (1/2, ¼, ¾ etc.) 
• Uses decimal fractions in the context of units of length and money. 
• Expresses a given fraction in decimal notation and vice versa. 

Money (5 hrs.) 

• Applies the four operations in solving problems involving money. 

Measurement (26 hrs.) 

LENGTH 

• Determines area and perimeter of simple geometrical figures. 
• Applies the four operations in solving problems involving length, weight and volume. 
• Relates commonly used larger and smaller units of length, weight and volume and converts one to the other. 
• Applies simple fractions to quantities. 
• Converts fractional larger unit into complete smaller units. 
• Appreciates volume of a solid body: intuitively and also by informal measurement. 
• Uses addition and subtraction to find time intervals in simple cases. 

Data Handling (6 hrs.) 

• Collects two-dimensional quantitative data. Represents the data in the form of a table. 
• Draws a bar graph or a pictograph to present data. 

Patterns (6 hrs.) 

• Identifies patterns in square numbers, triangular numbers. 
• Relates sequences of odd numbers between consecutive square numbers. 
• Makes border strip and tiling patterns.

CBSE Syllabus for Class 5 Maths Chapters List

Chapter No	Chapter Name
Chapter 1	The Fish Tale
Chapter 2	Shapes and Angles
Chapter 3	How Many Squares?
Chapter 4	Parts and Wholes
Chapter 5	Does It Look The Same?
Chapter 6	Be my Multiple, I'll Be Your Factor
Chapter 7	Can You See The Pattern?
Chapter 8	Mapping Your Way
Chapter 9	Boxes And Sketches
Chapter 10	Tenths And Hundredths
Chapter 11	Areas And Its Boundary
Chapter 12	Smart Charts
Chapter 13	Ways To Multiply And Divide
Chapter 14	How Big? How Heavy?

The CBSE Syllabus explains and explores common events using math facts. Continue solving chapter-by-chapter exercises, sample papers, CBSE question papers, and worksheets until you've completed all 14 chapters.