Full Syllabus Map
What Your Child Learns at Every Level.
Verified against the MOE Primary Mathematics Syllabus (2021, updated October 2025). Select a level to see the complete topic breakdown across all three strands.
Primary 1
Foundation Year
No formal WA or EOY at P1 — learning is assessed through classroom activities and teacher observation.
P1 builds the number sense that every future topic depends on. Whole numbers, ordinal positions, and the concepts of multiplication and division are introduced through concrete manipulation before any written algorithms.
Whole numbers to 100
Ordinal numbers (1st to 10th)
Addition and subtraction within 100
Multiplication concepts (×2 to ×10, products within 40)
Division concepts (within 20)
Money (cents up to $1, dollars up to $100)
Comparing and ordering length and mass
2D shapes: rectangle, square, circle, triangle
Patterns with 2D shapes (size, shape, colour, orientation)
Picture graphs (reading)
Primary 2
Times Tables Introduced
No formal WA or EOY at P2 — classroom assessments continue.
Multiplication tables for ×2, ×3, ×4, ×5, and ×10 are the single most important thing to master at P2. Students who do not have automatic recall by P3 struggle with every topic above. Fractions (½, ¼, ¾) and standard units of measurement are also introduced.
Whole numbers to 1,000
Multiplication tables (×2, ×3, ×4, ×5, ×10)
Division within multiplication tables
Fractions (½, ¼, ¾ — comparing and adding like fractions)
Money (decimal notation, converting dollars and cents)
Length (metres and centimetres)
Mass (kilograms and grams)
Volume (litres)
Time (hours and minutes, 12-hour clock)
Patterns with 2D shapes (size, shape, colour, orientation)
3D shapes: cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder, sphere
Picture graphs with scales (reading and interpreting)
Primary 3
WA1 and WA2 Begin
Formal assessment begins at P3.
Weighted Assessments now carry marks. Compound measurements, the 24-hour clock, angles, and fractions with denominators up to 12 are the biggest new challenges. The bar model method for word problems becomes essential.
Whole numbers to 10,000
All 4 operations (×6, ×7, ×8, ×9 tables completed)
Equivalent fractions (denominator ≤ 12)
Length, mass, volume (compound units)
Time (24-hour clock, duration, start and end time)
Angles (acute, obtuse, right angle)
Perpendicular and parallel lines
Area and perimeter of rectangles and squares
Bar graphs (scaled)
Primary 4
Critical Plateau Year
P4 is where many children plateau — and where Superholic Lab has the most impact.
Factors, mixed number fractions, and decimals arrive simultaneously. Word problems require multi-step bar models. Students who struggle at P4 without correction fall progressively behind in P5 and P6.
Whole numbers to 100,000
Factors and multiples
Mixed number fractions (4 operations, unlike denominators ≤ 12)
Decimals (up to 2 decimal places, 4 operations)
Angles (measuring and drawing)
Area of composite figures (rectangles and squares)
Symmetry (line of symmetry)
Tables and line graphs
Primary 5
Most Content-Dense Year
P5 introduces Ratio, Percentage, and complex Fractions all in one year.
P5 is the most demanding year in primary Mathematics. Ratio, Percentage, Rate, and advanced Fraction operations arrive simultaneously. Triangle geometry and volume of solids extend Measurement. Students who fall behind at P5 rarely recover before PSLE without targeted intervention.
Whole numbers to 10 million (order of operations, brackets)
Fractions (all 4 operations including fraction ÷ fraction)
Decimals (up to 3 decimal places, ×÷ by 10/100/1000)
Percentage (of a quantity, % increase/decrease, finding the whole)
Ratio (a:b notation, equivalent ratios, dividing in a given ratio)
Rate (amount per unit, finding rate, total amount, or number of units)
Area of triangle (base × height ÷ 2, composite figures)
Volume of cube and cuboid (cm³, liquid in rectangular tank)
Angles (on a straight line, at a point, vertically opposite)
Triangle properties (isosceles, equilateral, right-angled; angle sum 180°)
Parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium (properties, unknown angles)
Average (mean = total ÷ number of data)
P6 introduces Algebra and Circles — and synthesises P1–P5 into PSLE problems.
PSLE Paper 2 problems can draw on any P3–P6 topic in a single multi-step question. Algebra (using letters for unknowns) is entirely new at P6. Circles, Speed, and complex Ratio problems are consistent PSLE favourites.
Algebra (expressions, simplifying, evaluating, simple equations)
Speed (distance, time, rate — including changing speed)
Ratio (complex problems, changing ratio before/after)
Percentage (discount, GST, annual interest)
Circles (circumference and area, semicircle, quarter circle)
Volume of cube and cuboid (finding one dimension given others)
Nets of 3D shapes
Pie charts
