MATHEMATICS LESSON PLAN
GRADE 5
TERM 2: April – May
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DURATION: 1 Hour
1. TOPIC: WHOLE NUMBERS: Multiplication (Lesson 2)
2. CONCEPTS & SKILLS TO BE ACHIEVED:
By the end of the lesson, learners should know and be able to do the following:
• multiplication of at least whole 3-digit by 2-digit numbers
• calculation techniques using a range of techniques to perform and check written and mental
calculations of whole numbers including:
- estimation
- rounding off and compensating
Grade 5 Lesson Plan: Term 2 Page 1 of 4
WHOLE NUMBERS: Multiplication (Lesson 2)
(Draft)
DBE textbook (LB and TG)
3. RESOURCES:
In term 1 the learners learnt:
• multiples
4. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
• rounding off
5. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF HOMEWORK (suggested time: 10 minutes)
Homework provides an opportunity for teachers to track learners’ progress in the mastery of mathematics
concepts and to identify the problematic areas which require immediate attention. Therefore it is
recommended that you place more focus on addressing errors from learner responses that may later
become misconceptions.
6. MENTAL MATHEMATICS (10 minutes)
Learners should answer the following questions as fast and accurate as they can.
Multiples of 9
7. LESSON PRESENTATION/DEVELOPMENT (Suggested time: 20 minutes)
Learning activities
Teaching activities (Learners are expected to:
In this lesson learners are going to learn about multiplying using
different techniques.
Activity 1
• answer verbally.
Revise the rounding off to the nearest 10, 100 and 1 000.
Ask the learners what they think the easiest numbers are to
multiply with. They should end up saying tens, hundreds or
thousands. This is where our next techniques can be introduced,
namely rounding off and compensation.
Activity 2
Write the following sum on the board.
24 × 17 = ⎕ 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 20 × 20 ≈ 400 • work together with the
Demonstrate to the learners how it would be much easier to educator.
multiply by a multiple of 10, meaning
24 × (20 – 3)
Point out to the learners that we are still multiplying by 17 because
20 – 3 𝑖𝑠 17.
(24 × 20) – (24 × 3)
= 480 – 72
= 408
Grade 5 Lesson Plan: Term 2 Page 2 of 4
WHOLE NUMBERS: Multiplication (Lesson 2)
(Draft)
Activity 2
43 × 24 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 40 × 20 ≈ 800
= 43 × (20 + 4) • work together as a class.
= (43 × 20 ) + (43 × 4)
= 860 + 172
= 1 032
Activity 3
542 × 48 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 500 × 50 ≈ 25 000
= 542 × (50 – 2) • work together with the
= (542 × 50) – (542 × 2) educator.
= 27 100 – 1 084
= 26 016
Please note that learners need to try all the methods that they are
taught. They will be allowed at a stage to choose the method(s)
they prefer; however, encourage them to try to understand all
methods.
8. CLASSWORK (Suggested time: 15 minutes)
Learners should complete the following activity using the method they were taught in class.
DBE Text book LB page 162 question 3 (c – f)
Learners should individually calculate.
𝑎. 562 × 25 = □
𝑏. 125 × 16 = □
9. CONSOLIDATION/CONCLUSION & HOMEWORK (Suggested time: 5 minutes)
Homework
The primary purpose of Homework is to give each learner an opportunity to demonstrate
mastery of mathematics skills taught in class. Therefore Homework should be purposeful and
the principle of ‘Less is more’ is recommended, i.e. give learners few high quality activities that
address variety of skills than many activities that do not enhance learners’ conceptual
understanding.
Carefully select appropriate activities from the DBE textbook, DBE workbook and/or any other
textbook for learners’ homework. The selected activities should address different cognitive
levels.
Grade 5 Lesson Plan: Term 2. Page 3 of 4
WHOLE NUMBERS: Multiplication (Lesson 2)
(Draft)
Recommended Homework:
DBE Textbook
DBE Text book LB page 162 question 3 (g – l)
Grade 5 Lesson Plan: Term 2. Page 4 of 4
WHOLE NUMBERS: Multiplication (Lesson 2)
(Draft)
