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1 MATHEMATICS LESSON

LESSON 1: Sorting real objects

4 balls
3 pencils
3 girls
5 books

4 balls

5 books

3 pencils

3 girls

Naming different groups

A group of oranges

A group of tins

A SET
A set is a collection of well defined elements.

A set is a collection of things put together.

Things found in a set are called members/elements.

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Naming sets
Examples

A set of balls

A set of tins

A set of chairs

Activity
Name these sets

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Read and draw sets
A set of 3 trees.

A set of 2 tins.

Activity
Draw these sets
a) A set of 5 balls.

b) A set of 3 pencils.

c) A set of 1 book

d) A set of tables
Forming and drawing sets

A set of pencils

A set of chairs

A set of cups

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Activity

Counting members in a set

Examples

A set of three cats

A set of 4 leaves

A set of 3 stones

A set of 2 pencils

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Activity

Empty sets

An empty set is a set without members

∅ 𝑜𝑟 { } is a symbol for an empty set
Examples
1) A set of birds driving cars.

∅
2) A set of boys with wings
{ }
Activity
a) A set of snakes with two legs

b) A set of men with nine eye

Matching sets

1
5
Activity
Match the sets

Joining sets

+ =

4 + 1 = 5

+ =

2 + 2 = 4

+ =

6 + 3 = 9

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Activity

+ =

+ =

+ =

+ =

Disjoining sets

- =

- =

Comparing elements in a set (less or more)

A B

Which set has more members?

Set A has less members
Set B has more members than set A
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Activity
A B

Which set has more members?

Set A has less members
Set B has more members than set A

Forming small sets from big set a , e,

Example i , o , u
A set of 5 letters
e a

A set of 2 cats
u i o
i

A set of 2 balls

A set of 3 triangles

Activity

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Ordering sets
N M R

P M comes first (1st )

_______Comes second(2nd)

_______Comes third (3rd)

_______Comes fourth(4th)

THEME - NUMERACY
Counting numbers from 0-49 Whole numbers
0,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,
27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49

Activity
Fill in the missing numbers
0 2 4 6
4 6 8 10
10,9,8,_____6, 5, 3
35, ____ ,_____ ,38,____,40
Counting from 50-99/100
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73
74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
97 98 99 100
Activity
Fill in the missing numbers
55,____, ____58,59,
97,98, ____ , ____
81, ____,83,84, ____
____,60 , 62, ____,40

Finding the number before

01 56 67 34
45 23 78 89 9 10

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Activity
Write the number before
4 12 17
19 20 1
35 10 8
Finding the number that comes after
2,3 15,16 8,9
7,8 69,70
0,1 20,21
10,11 99,100
Numbers which come between
0 1 2 30 31 32
3 4 5 15 16 17
7 8 9 14 15 16
10 11 12
Activity
Fill in the number between
4 6 8 16 7 9
7 9 13 15 10 12
15 17 3 5 0 2

Arranging numbers in ascending order

10, 6, 2, 1 10 6 2 1
1, 2, 6, 10 1 2 6 10
8, 3, 5, 4 8 8 10 9
3, 4, 5, 8 7 8 9 10
Activity
6, 1, 3, 4 7, 9, 6, 4
8, 2, 4, 20 9, 10, 11, 0
0, 3, 1, 4 4, 3, 7, 6, 5
Arranging numbers in ascending order
4, 8, 6, 7 0, 3, 2, 1
8, 7, 6, 4 3, 2, 1, 0

Activity
10, 9, 11, 12 10 9 12 13
15, 16, 17, 18 1 2 3 4 5
8, 10, 6, 4, 3 4 5 6 7
6, 4, 7, 1
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Circling the small number
Examples Activity

2 or 3 6 or 9
7 or 17 9 or 3
40 or 4 8 or 4
4 or 2 4 or 1
3 or 7 20 or 30
7 or 13 14 or 15
8 or 81

Number names/words
0- zero 8- eight 14- fourteen
1- One 9- nine 15- fifteen
2- two 10- ten 16- sixteen
3- three 11- eleven 17- seventeen
4- four 12- twelve 18- eighteen
5- five 13- thirteen 19- nineteen

6- six
7- seven
20-twenty

Write the following in words

16 20 13

0 11 19

Matching number names

twelve 3
one 14
three 12
fourteen 1
four 5
five 4

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Activity
Match correctly
two 19 18 eleven
three 12 14 twenty
thirteen 2 17 eighteen
twelve 3 20 fourteen
nineteen 13 11 seventeen

Number names from 10-100 (counting in tens)

10- ten 60-sixty

20- twenty 70- seventy

30-thirty 80-eigthy

40- forty 90- ninety

50-fity 100-one hundred

Activity
Write in words
40 79 20

80 12 13

70 100 40

88 76 55

Number names from 20-30

20 twenty 25- twenty five

21 twenty one 26- twenty six

22 twenty two 27- twenty seven

23 twenty three 28- twenty eight

24 twenty four 29- twenty nine

25 twenty five 30- thirty

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Activity
Write in words
21 _____________________________ 28 ___________________________
27 29 __________________________
24 22
23 25
Fill in the missing letters
twetyf ___ ___r twen __yn__n __
Twenty s__v ___n
Number words from 30-39
thirty thirty seven
thirty one thirty eight
Thirty two thirty nine
Thirty three
Thirty four
thirty five
thirty six
Match the following correctly
thirty two 35
thirty eight 30
thirty 32
thirty five 38
thirty nine 39

Number names from 40-49

40 -forty
41 -forty one

42-fortytwo
43-fortythree
44-forty four
45- forty five
46-forty six
47- forty seven
48-forty eight
49-forty nine

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Activity
Write the following in words Match
44
48 Forty
42 43 40
44 49 Forty one
46 47 Forty four 41
Filling in ones
=1 ones

=2 ones

=3 ones

=4 ones

=5 ones

=6 ones

Activity
Fill in correctly

= ones

= ones

= ones

=_____ones

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Drawing ones

3ones =

=7 ones

=8 ones

=9 ones

= ______ones

= ______ones

= ______ones

8 ones =

4 ones =

2 ones =

1 ones =

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Activity

Draw ones
8ones =
4ones =
9ones =
5 ones =
6 ones =
1ones =
7ones =
3ones =
2ones =
Drawing tens

=1 tens

= 2 tens

= 3 tens

2tens=

5tens =

Activity

1.Fill in the missing tens

= ______tens

= ______tens

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 = ______tens

= ______tens

2. Draw the tens

2tens=
5tens=
7tens=
4tens=
1tens=
6tens=

Filling in tens and ones

64 = 6 tens 4 ones
7 tens 0 ones = 70
8 = 0 tens 8 ones
4 tens = 40
3 ones = 3

Activity
Fill in the missing tens and ones
5 tens 3 ones = ________
____ tens _____ ones = 45
80 = ____ tens ____ ones
5 = ____ tens ____ ones
9 tens = ______

Drawing tens and ones

12 =

20 =

04 =

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Activity
Draw bundles
13 =
05 =
40 =
Showing numbers on the abacus
Examples
T O T O

2 5
2 7

Complete the following

T O T O T O T O T O

2 5 1 1 1 0 5 4 6 6

Representing numbers on the abacus

T O T O T O

=15 =13 =42

Activity
T O T O T O

=32 =45 =55

Writing place values of the circled digits

Examples
T O

=13

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b) 4 5

c) 6 4 - Tens

d) 1 7 - Tens

Activity
What is the place value of the circled numbers?

9 4 7 7 2 1 3 3

8 2 5 4 2 5 0
Writing place values of the underlined numbers

Examples Exercise
Write the place values of the underlined numbers
3 0 ones
5 1 ones
8 7 tens
6 3 tens

Addition of one digit number horizontally

Examples

2 + 3 = 5 3 +1 + 2 = 6

2 + 4 = 6 4 + 2 + 2 = 8

2 + 1= 3

7 + 5 = 12
Activity
3+1= 3+3=
9+7= 4+2=
5+5= 2+2=
3+2= 5+6=
7+7= 8+0=
Addition of one digit vertically
Examples
2 3
+ 2 + 5
4 8

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Activity

5balls 6 6 3
+1 ball +3 +2 +6

Addition involving words

Examples
1. 1book plus2 books equals 3 books
2. 5bags +3 bags = 8bags
3. 3 boys plus2 boys give 5boys
Activity
1. 3 girls plus 2 girls equals
2. 1 box plus 4 boxes equals
3. 4 tables plus5 tables equals
4. 9 pencils plus 0 pencils equals
5. 3 boys plus 2 boys give
6. Apio has3 tins. Aisha has 4 tins. How many tins do they have altogether?
Kate has 2 dusters. Jane has 8dusters.Howmanydusters do they have altogether?

Addition of two digit number vertically

Example

T O T O T O
1 1 2 2 3 3
+ 2 + 1 4 +3 +3
1 3 3 6 6 6

Activity
T O
5 5
+0 1

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Addition of numbers involving words
Mary has 6 pots. Ivan has 6pots. How many pots do they have altogether?
6pots + 6pots= 12pots
Jady had 3 cups. Daddy gave her 7 more pots. How many pots did she have
altogether?
3cups +7 cups =10 cups

Activity
1. Musa had 8apples. Ali gave more 8 apples. How many apples did he have
altogether?
2. Who has more apples?

3. Liz ate 12 eggs in the morning. Lisa ate6eggs.

a) How many eggs did the two eat altogether?
b) Who ate more eggs?
c) Who ate less eggs?

4. Daddy has three baskets. Mummy has six baskets. How many baskets do they
have altogether?

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Addition using a number line

Examples

2 +1 = 3

0 1 2 3 4 5
4 +3 = 7

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Activity
Add using a number line

2 +2=

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3 +2 =

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3 +2 + 2 =

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5 +4 =

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5 +0=

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Subtraction of one digit number horizontally
Examples Activity
a) 4 – 2 = 2 1-9-3 =
2-10-5=
3-6-3=
4-8-3=
b)8-3=5 5-9-6=
6-7-2=
7-8-8=

c)10-4=6 8-4-0=
9-7-1=

d)6-4=2

Subtraction of numbers without regrouping

Examples
8 9 7 9
- 3 - 0 - 4 - 9
5 0 3 0

Activity
4 5 9 4
- 4 - 3 - 5 - 3

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Subtraction of numbers involving words
Examples
Four take away two equals
two Six minus six equals zero
Seven take away two equals five
Ten minus seven equals three
Mother had eight eggs. She gave away one egg to Mary. How many remained?
8eggs -1 egg = 7eggs
Activity
1. Eight take away four equals
2. Ten minus seven equals
3. Twelve takeaway three equals
4. Four takeaway two equals
5. Two minus two equals

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Subtraction of two digit numbers vertically
Examples
T O T O T O
3 5 2 8 8 9
- 1 2 - 8 - 3 6
2 3 2 0 5 3

Activity
T O T O T O
4 4 6 4 2 8
- 2 2 - 2 1 - 1 3

Word problems involving subtraction of numbers

Eleven take away four = 7 seven

11 – 4 = 7

Four take away zero equals four

4–0=4

Subtraction using a number line

2-1= 1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

4-2= 2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Activity
Subtract using a number line
4-2=
5-3=
6-4=
7-3=
Ringing/forming groups
Examples

4groups
How many groups have you made?
4groups
How many stars are there altogether?
8stars
Activity
Form groups of 4

a) How many groups have you made?

b) How many eggs are they altogether?

Drawing groups
Examples
1. 2groups1=2

2. 3groups2=6

3. 2groups2=4

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Activity
3 Groups of 2 6 groups of 2

4Groups of 2 3 groups of 3

5 Groups of 2 2 groups of 1
10 groups of2
Multiplication of one digit horizontally

2x1=2 5x3=15

4x2=8 4x3=12

Activity
Work out the following

3x4= 6x2= 9x3= 9x2= 3x3=

Multiplication
11ballsx2= 4x2=
horizontally 5x6= 5x0= 4x1=
Examples
3 6
x 2 x 3
6 18

Activity
Multiply
3 3 6 1 2 3 2 2 2
x2 x3 x 0 x2 x4 x 2

Multiplication of two digits vertically

3 2 1 2 1 0
x 2 x 2 x 4

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Word problem solving
Examples
One bird has two eyes. How many eyes do 3 birds have?
2eyes x 3 = 6 eyes
Word problem involving multiplication of numbers
Examples
1. One bird has two eyes. How many eyes
do3birdshave?2eyesx3=6 eyes
2. How many legs do four boys have?

4x2=8legs =8 legs

Activity
1. How many fingers do three grandmothers have?
2. One girl has two ears. How many earsdo5 boys have?
3. Four balls are put in each basket. How many balls will be in2 baskets?
4. Two beads are put on each string. How many beads will beon8 strings?
5. Four times two equals

Word problem solving

Examples
1. One bird has two eyes. How many eyes do 3 birds have?
2 eyes x3 = 6 eyes
2. How many legs do four boys have4x2=8legs
Activity: MK MTCbookpage44
Multiplication of 3 digit numbers
Examples

3 00 1 23 2 31
x 2 x 2 x 2
600 246 462

Activity
1 00 2 22 3 11
x 2 x 2 x 2

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Counting in twos
Examples
2two =2+2=4
3twos =2+2+2=6
3twos =2+2+2=6
2+2+2+2 =4 twos=8
2+2+2+2+2 =5twos=10
Activity
9two= 3twos=
4 twos= 6twos=
5 twos= 7twos=
3twos= 8twos=

Multiplication of 2 as repeated addition

Examples
2+2+2+2 =2x3 =6
2+2=2x2 =4
Activity
Multiply 2 as repeated addition
2+2+2 = ______ = ______ 2+2+2+2= _____x ____
2+2+2+2+2= _____= 2+2= ____ x _____
2+2+2= ______ = ______ 2+2+2+2+2+2= ____
Application of multiplication
Two twos are four

Three twos are six

One two is two

Five twos are ten
Ug. Primary MTC bk1 page 60 New MK bk1 pg83- 84
Activity
Multiply
Two twos= Seven twos = Four
twos = Nine twos =
Six twos = Five twos =

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Counting in threes
1 three =3
2 threes=3+3=6
3 threes=3+3+3=9
4 threes=3+3+3+3=12

Complete 10 threes=
5 threes=3+3+3+3+3= 6 threes=
7 threes=3+3+3+3+3+3+3= 9 threes=
8 threes=3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3= One three=

Counting in fives
Examples
0,5, ___ ,15,20,25,30,35
10,15,20,25,30,35
25,30,35,40,45,50,55
Activity
Count in fives
30, _____,40, 50 5,10,15,20,25, ___ , ____,35
15, ____ , _____ ,30 , _____ 50,55, , ,70, ____
20, ____,30, ___ ,40 90,85,80, ,70

Application of multiplication
One five is five 5x1=5
Two fives are ten 5x2=10
Three fives are fifteen
Four fives are twenty five
Five fives are twenty five
Activity
Six fives = 10fives =
Seven fives = 2 fives =
Eight fives =
Nine fives =
Counting in tens
1ten=10
2tens=10+10=20
3tens=10+10+10=30
4tens=10+10+10+10=40
5tens=10+10+10+10+10=50

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Activity
Fill in missing tens
10,20,30, , ,60
30, , ,60, ,80
100,90,80,70, , ,
22,33, , ,

Ordinary numbers
1 -1st

2 -2nd New MKPr. Maths pupils book page 102-103

3 -3rd

4 -4th

5 -5th

6 -6th

7 -7th

8 -8th

9 -9th

10-10th

Activity
Match correctly
1 6th second
4 3rd fourth
2 1st sixth
3 4th third
6 2nd first

Write in words
11th
7th
14th
9th
25th

Writing ordinal number in words

7th seventh 12th twelfth
st
1 first
8th eighth 13th thirteenth
nd
2 second
rd th th
3 third 9 ninth 14 fourteenth
4
th fourth 5 fifth
th 6th sixth

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Activity
Fill in the missing letters

fi__st sixt__ n

S __co __ d

Th__ __d

Write in words
2nd 1st 4th

10th 9th 3rd

Identifying shapes
Examples

Circle Oval Cone Cylinder

rectangle square kite

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Activity

Name the following

Naming shapes

A A. triangle

B B. Circle

c D
D

Drawing these shapes and tracing

Reading and matching sorting objects

Example

Square

Circle

Cone

Kite
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GRAPHS
Pictorial graph
Five children were asked to pick flowers

Tom

Ali

Tina

Paul

Peter

a) Who picked more flowers?

b) _____ and _____ have the same number of flowers.
c) Who has two flowers?
d) Who picked few flowers?
e) How many flowers do they have altogether?

Drawing picto graphs

Four girls were given books as follows.
Mary got 4 books
Ruth got 5 books
Ann got 2 books
Alice got 3 books

Complete the picture graph below.

Mary Ruth Ann Alice

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BAR GRAPH
Study the bar graph below and use it to answer the questions that follow.
11

10

7
Number of apples picked

0
Okot Okello Ojambo Biar Ocen Opondo
Names of children
a) How many children got apples?
b) Who picked the biggest number of apples?
c) Who picked the same number of apples?
d) Who picked the smallest number of apples?
e) _____ picked seven apples.
f) Who picked six apples?

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TERM TWO

FRACTIONS
Definition of a fraction and examples.

A fraction is a part of a whole.

Examples
1 a half
2

1 a third
3

1 a quarter
4

Exercise
Name the fractions
1
2

1
4

1
3

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Drawing and shading a half.

= 1 a half
2

= = 1 a half
2

Exercise

= 1
= 2

= 1
½ ½
2

1
2

Drawing and shading a quarter

¼ a quarter

¼ a quarter

Exercise
¼ ¼
¼ a quarter
¼ ¼

¼ ¼ ¼

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Naming fractions

1 Numerator

2 Denominator

Name the shaded parts

1
(a half)
2

1
(a third)
3

1
(𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟)
4

3
(𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ)
7

Exercise

Shading fractions

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Shade the following

1
2

5
7

3
4

Exercise
Shade the fractions
1 3
2 5

1 2
4 3

Shaded fractions
Write the shaded fractions

2
4

Unshaded fractions
Write the unshaded fractions

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Addition of fractions
Add: 1 + 2 = 1 + 2 = 3
4 4 4 4

2 + 3 = 2 + 3 = 5
8 8 8 8

1 + 1 = 1 + 1 = 2 =1
2 2 2 2

1 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
4 4 4 4 4

Exercise
2 1
+ =
4 4

3 1
+ =
5 5

1 1
+ =
3 3

1 1 1
+ + =
5 5 5

3 2 1
+ + =
7 7 7

Word problem on addition

1 1
Add 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2
2
1 1 1+1
+ =
2 2 2

2
= =1
2
3 1
Find the sum of 𝑎𝑛𝑑 5
5

3 1 3+1 4
+ = =
5 5 5 5

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Exercise
3 2
Add 𝑎𝑛𝑑
7 7

4−2
=
7

2
=
7

6 4 2
− =
8 8 8

Exercise
5 4
− =
7 7

4 3
− =
8 8

2 1
− =
2 2

9 6
− =
11 11

5 4
− =
11 11

3 0
− =
4 4

Word problem on subtraction of fractions

Subtraction
2 1 2 − 1
− =
2 2 2

1
=
2

4 3
𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠
9 9
4 3 4 −3 1
− = =
9 9 9 9

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Exercise
4 1
Find the difference of 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8
8

7 5
𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠
8 8

3 1
𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠
4 4

8 6
What is the difference of 𝑎𝑛𝑑
9 9

MEASURES

Money
Recognizing different money denominations.

Money is a medium of exchange.

There are two forms of money

1. Paper money
2. Coin money

Paper money (notes)

Examples of money and features on money
50 shilling coin - A head of a Kob
100 shilling coin - A cow
200 shilling coin - A fish
500 shilling coin - A head of crested crane

Notes/paper money
1,000 note
2,000 note
5,000 note
10,000 note
20,000 note
50,000 note

Shs. /= means Shillings

Ref. Understanding Mathematics Bk.1 Pg.14

Addition of money horizontally

Shs. 50 + Shs. 50 = Shs.100

100/= + 200/= = 300/=

Shs. 2 + Shs. 4 = Shs. 6

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Reference MK Old edition Bk 1 Pg.128
New edition Pg.94

Addition of money vertically

Examples

Sh. 30 Sh. 20 Sh. 250 sh. 400

+sh. 40 + Sh. 80 + Sh. 300 +sh. 300
sh. 70 Sh. 100 Sh. 550 sh. 700

Mk Old edition pupils Bk.1 Pg.127

Word problems involving addition of money

A book costs Sh. 200
How much will I pay for 2 books altogether

Activity
a) Shs. 200 plus Shs. 400 gives ___
b) A pencil costs Shs. 100. A ruler costs Shs. 500
How much money do the two items cost altogether?
c) 400/= plus 300/= equals
d) Ali had Shs. 100. His dad gave him another Shs. 300
How much money does he have now?

MK Bk 1 Pg.129

Subtraction Money
Examples
Sh.500 Sh.450 Sh.40
- Sh.200 - Sh.250 - Sh. 10
Sh.300 Sh.200 Sh. 30

800/= minus 100/= equals ____

700/= minus 200/= equals ____
700/= minus 200/= equals ____

Ref MK pupils book 1 page 130

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SHOPPING

Shs.50 Shs.100

Shs.500 Shs.700

Shs.500

a) How much is a book?

b) Which item costs shs.100/=
c) What is the cheapest item?
d) How much is a cup and a ball altogether?
e) Which items cost the same amount?
f) Which item is more expensive?

TIME
Fact about time
There are 24 hours in a day.
There are 60 minutes in 1 hour
There are 60 seconds in 1 minute

There are two main hands on a clock face

- The minute hand (long hand)
- The hour hand (short hand)

There are two systems of time

- 12 hour clock
- 24 hour clock

Telling time in full hours (exact time)

11 12 1
10 2
9 3 It is 7 o’clock
8 4
7 6 5

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Activity

What is the time?

11 12 1
11 12 1
10 2
10 2
9 3
9 3
8 4
8 4
7 6 5
7 6 5

It is ____ o’clock It is ____ o’clock

11 12 1
11 12 1
10 2
10 2
9 3
9 3
8 4
8 4
7 6 5
7 6 5

It is ____ o’clock It is ____ o’clock

Showing time in full hours

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4
7 5 7 6 5
6

It is 4 o’clock It is 3 o’clock

Activity

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4
7 5 7 6 5
6
It is 6 o’clock It is 8 o’clock

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Telling time in half hours
11 12 1
11 12 1
10 2
10 2
9 3
9 3
8 4
8 4
7 6 5
7 6 5

It is a half past 3 It is a half past 1

Activity

11 12 11 12 1 11 12 1
1
2 10 2 10 2
10
9 3 9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4 8 4
5 7 6 5 7 5
7 6 6

It is _________ It is ________ It is _______

Showing time in half hours

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

It is half past three

Activity

11 12 1
11 12 1
10 2
10 2
9 3
9 3
8 4
8 4
7 6 5
7 6 5

It is a half past ten o’clock It is half a half past 1

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Complete correctly
1 day 12 months
1 week 60 minutes
1 hour 7 days
I year 24 hours

MK MTC Bk 3 Pg.130

Days of the week

There are seven (7) days in a week. These are;
- Sunday
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday

Activity
1. Fill in the missing letters
a) M ___ nday b) Frid ___ y c) Thu ___sday
2. What is the last day of the week?
3. Write the first day of the week.
4. On which day do Christians go to church?
5. If today is Saturday, tomorrow will be a _____
6. On which day do Muslims go for Juma prayers?
7. How many days make 2 weeks?
8. What is the third day of the week?

MK MTC Bk.1 Pg. 114 – 116

Positioning days of the week

Sunday first
Monday second
Tuesday third
Wednesday fourth
Thursday fifth
Friday sixth
Saturday seventh
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Activity
1. What is the second day of the week?
2. What is the seventh day of the week?
3. ____ is the fourth day of the week.
4. If today is Monday, tomorrow will be ____
5. Which day comes after Friday?

Months of the year

There are 12 months in a year.
Month Days
January 31 days
February 28/29 days
March 31 days
April 30 days
May 31 days
June 30 days
July 31 days
August 31 days
September 30 days
October 31 days
November 30 days
December 31 days

Activity
1. What is the first month of the year?
2. Which is the last month of the year?
3. Which month has 28/29 days?
4. Which month comes before June?
5. Write in full.
a) Jan.
b) Oct.
c) Dec.
d) Nov.
e) Sept.

LENGTH
Length is the distance between two points.

The basic unit for measuring length is metres (m)

Things used to measure length
- Ruler
- Tape measure
- Handspans
- Armspans
- Strides
- A stick
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Things measured in length
- Desk
- Paper
- Rope
- Books
- Doors
- Strings
- Books
- Walls

Comparing length of different objects

Stick R

Stick Z

1a) Which stick is longer?

b) Which stick is shorter?

2.

Tree K Tree G

a) Which tree is taller?

b) Which tree is shorter?

Addition of length in centimetres (cm) and metres (m)

Add these numbers below

a) 6 metres + 3 metres =

b) 2 metres + 2 metres =

c) 4m 6m 20 m 8m
+7m +3m +10 m +2 m

d) m m m m
7 3 100 30
+ 8 + 4 + 300 + 10

e) 15 cm 55 cm
+ 24 cm + 32 cm

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Word problems involving addition of length

Addition in cm , km , m
Examples
1. John walked 5km on Monday. He also walked 3 km on Tuesday. What
distance did he move altogether?

5 km
+ 3 km
8 km

2. Mary’s dress is 4 metres long. Annet’s dress is 3 metres long.

How long are the two dresses?

4 metres
+ 3 metres
7 metres

Subtraction of length in cm and m

Subtract / take away
5m–4m= 1m

Activity

8m 6 cm 14 m 70 cm
- 3m - 4 cm - 4m - 30 cm

Word problems involving subtraction of length

1. Teacher had 16m of a cloth. She cut 6m of it. How long was the cloth
that remained?
2. Tom had a sugarcane of 4m long. She ate 2m of it. How long was the
sugarcane?
3. What is 7m and 4m less?
4. George had a pole of 7m long. He cut 5m from it. How long was the
remaining pole?

MK Mathematics pupils Bk.3 Pg. 150

WEIGHT
Weight is the heaviness or lightness of something.
The standard unit is grammes / grams gm/g
Weight is measured in kilograms (kg)
Things used to measure weight
- Sea saw
- Beam balance
- Spring balance
- A set of scale balance
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Things we can measure
- Sugar
- Beans
- Rice
- Millet
- Posho e.t.c
Comparing weight using heavier and lighter

an orange a pineapple

1. Which of the above is lighter?

2. Which of the above is heavier?

a cup a pencil

1. Which object is lighter?

2. Which object is heavier?

Tom

Ali

1. Who is lighter?
2. Who is heavier?

2 kg of stone 2 kg of feathers

Which object is lighter?

Addition of weight in kg and g

1) 4kg + 3kg = _____ kg
2) 2kg + 1kg = _____ kg
3) 10kg + 2kg = ____ kg
4) 4g + 3g = ____ g

5) 40kg 4kg 80kg

+ 20kg + 2kg + 40kg

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Word problems involving addition of weight

1. 6kg plus 1kg equals

2. Daddy has 5kg of beans. Mummy has 3kg of beans. How many kg do
they have altogether?
3. 8kg plus 2kg equals
4. Julius weighs 2kg. Tom weighs 5kg. How much weight do they have
altogether?

Subtraction of weight in kg/g

1. 4kg - 3kg =
2. 9kg – 7kg =

3. 8kg 35kg 400g 64kg

- 3kg - 14kg - 100g - 21kg

Word problems involving subtraction of weight in kg and g

1. 5kg minus 2kg equals
2. 12kg take away 3kg equals
3. 8g minus 4g gives
4. 16kg take away 6kg equals

CAPACITY
Capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold.
Capacity is measured in litres (L), Centimeters (CM), Milimetres (MM) e.t.c
Examples of liquids (things measured in litres
- Water
- Juice
- Paraffin
- Soda
- Milk
- E.t.c
Things used to measure liquids
- Jerrycans
- Tanks
- Bottles
- Cups
- Glasses
- Bucket
- Basin

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Comparing capacity of different containers

1.
a cup a jerrycan

a) Which container holds more liquid

b) Which container holds less liquid
2.

Pot W Pot R

a) Which pot holds more liquids?

b) Which pot holds less liquid?
3.
Tin X Tin M Tin Z

5 litres 10 litres 2 litres

a) Which tin holds 5 litres?

b) How many litres can tin Z hold?
c) Which container/tin holds 10 litres?

Addition of capacity in litres (horizontally)

a) 3L + 4L = _____ litres
b) 1 L + 3L = _____

c) 2 4L d) 4 0L
+2 4L +1 0L

Word problems involving addition of capacity in litres

1. Five litres four litres equals
2. Eight litres plus one litre equals
3. Three litres plus two litres gives
4. Jonah had 6 litres of water. He fetched more 3 litres of water. How
many litres does he have altogether?
5.

4 litres 1 litre

How many litres are in both cups?

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Subtraction of capacity in litres

a) 4L – 2L = _____ L

b) 8 litres c) 2 5 litres d) 4 7L
- 3 litres - 5 litres - 1 2L

e) 10 litres – 6 litres = _____ litres

Word problems involving subtraction of capacity in litres

1. Ten litres minus six litres equals
2. Mummy had 3 litres of juice. She drank 3 litres. How many litres of
juice were left?
3. Mary had 8 litres of cooking oil. She used five litres. How many litres of
cooking oil remained?

ALGEBRA
Finding missing numbers in addition
Examples

a) 4 + = 5

b) + 6 = 10

Word problems

plus five equals eight

Find missing numbers in subtraction

6– = 2

- 3 = 7

Word problems involving finding missing numbers in subtraction.

Seven take away equals three

minus two equals six

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