The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades
The mathematics curriculum4 for Grades 1 to 4 includes the following main topics:
- Arithmetic operations
- Natural numbers
- Addition and subtraction with natural numbers
- Speed, time, and distance
- Multiplication and division with natural numbers
- Algebraic expressions and computations
- Fractions
- Geometric shapes and their study
The mathematics curriculum for Grades 5 and 6 includes the following main topics:
- Natural numbers and scales
- Operations with fractions
- Angles and their measurement
- Percent
- Rational expressions
In Grades 7 to 9, mathematics is divided into algebra and geometry. The algebra curriculum includes the following main topics:
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication and division
- Powers of natural numbers
- Simple algebraic proofs: logical algebra and figure algebra
- Equations with a single variable
- Binomials
- Square roots
- Quadratic polynomials
- Systems of linear equations
- Powers of whole numbers and fractions
- Arithmetic series
- Functions
The geometry curriculum includes the following main topics for Grades 7 to 9:
- Triangles
- Parallel lines
- Sides and angles of triangles
- Geometric constructions
- Quadrilaterals
- Circumference and circles
- Area of figures
- Similar triangles
- Similar figures
- Vectors