TERM THREE MATHS NOTES

Introduce the standard unit of weight the kilogram (kg)

Emphasise that the standard unit helps to give accurate measurements.

Talk about the smaller units and their equivalent

1kg = 1000gm

1 1
kg = 500gm ( of 1000)
2 2

1
Refer to of 10 then 100 then 1000.
2

1
kg = 250gm
4

(Not easy to teach)

Talk about different weighing scales. Carryout a practical exercise of children

weighing themselves using a weighing scale.

Note

As you carry out the exercise, emphasise the use of heavier than, „lighter than‟, the
„same as‟ or none of them is heavier because they have the same weight.

Use another weighing scale which uses stones. (usually used in shops)

Practical work

Pupils will weigh the above stones.

A stone of 1kg, 2kg, 5kg, 500gm e.g stones, sand, grass, e.t.c.

Written exercise MK Primary MTC Bk 2 pgs 146 – 147.

Converting units of weight

Note: To change from a big unit to a smaller unit you multiply e.g change from kg to
grams.
Example

Pupils should know that 1kg = 1000gm

Change from kg to g

1. 3kg = ------ g

1kg = 1000g

3kg = 3 x 1000g

3kg = 3000g

2. 4kg = ------ g

1kg =1000g

4kg = 4 x 1000g

4kg = 4000g

3. 10kg = ----- g

1kg = 1000g

10kg = 10 x 1000g

10kg = 10,000g

Give an exercise

Add weight (and this can be given as early morning exercise because it is the same
concept of addition)

Examples

1. 10kg + 13kg = 23kg

10kg

+13 kg

23kg
 1 1 11 2
2. kg + kg = = = 1kg
2 2 2 2

3. (You can include numbers involving re-grouping for revision purposes)

16kg + 8kg =

T O

1 6kg

+ 8kg

2 4kg

14

Give some few word problems to help pupils read and interpret e.g

1. Sarah weighs 45kg and her sister Norah weighs 50kg. Who is heavier (or who is

lighter)?

Norah is heavier than Sarah or ………………………..

2. Find their total weight.

4 5kg

+5 0kg

9 5 kg. Their total weight is 95 kg.

Reference:

Primary Mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pgs 50-52.

Subtraction (can be done as an early morning exercise)

Examples

1. 18kg - 4kg=

1 8kg

- 4kg

1 4 kg

2. 4 2kg 3. 2 3 6 kg

- 2 0 kg - 1 2 3 kg

2 2 kg 1 1 3 kg

Give some word problems.

Primary Mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pg 52 – 53.

E.g

1. A sack of potatoes weighs 50kg. If 20kg of the potatoes are sold, what weight of
potatoes will be left?

50 kg

- 20 kg

30 kg

2. 28 kg of sugar take away 14kg of sugar.

2 8 kg

- 1 4 kg

1 4 kg e.t.c
TOPICAL TEST

1.

Kato

Wasswa

a) Who is heavier?

b) Who is lighter?

2. Change to kg

a) 7kg -g

1kg - 1000g

7KG - 7 X 1000g

7kg - 7000g

b) 4kg -g

1kg - 1000g

4KG - 4 X 1000g

4kg - 4000g

3. Which is heavier, a kilogram of sugar o a kilogram of grass?

None of them is heavier.

They have the same weight (equal)

4. a) b)

12kg 11kg
a) Find the total weight of the two objects.

1 2 kg

+ 1 1 kg

2 3 kg

Their weight is 23 kg

b) Subtract the weight of object b from object a.

1 2 kg

- 1 1 kg

0 1 kg

The answer is 1 kg.

Measures
Time (revision work of primary one)

Telling time by the hour.

A clock face may have 2 or 3 hands. Emphasise the two i.e The minute hand and the
hour hand.

The long hand is the minute hand.

The short hand tells us the hour.

Explain the second hand and the number of seconds in an hour.

The clock face has numbers 1 – 12

Note: 1 hour = 60 minutes

1 min = 60 seconds

1
hour = 30 minutes
2

1
hour = 15 minutes
4

1 day = 24 hours
 1
a day = 12 hours
2

A day starts at midnight and ends at ……………………………..

Practice telling time by the hour using individual clock faces.

Reference:

Fountain Mathematics pupils bk 2 pg 146 – 152

Primary Mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pg 100 (check 33)

LESSON THREE

Telling time in half hours (Revision)

Note:

In one hour the minute hand goes all round the clock face and these are sixty minutes,
(60)

From one number to another these are five minutes. (You can practice counting in
fives)

In an hour, the hour hand moves from only one number to the next on the clock face.

When the minute hand goes half way the clock face, the time is half past the hour.

e.g

It is half past 1 It is half past 8 It is half past 3

1 1 1
It is past 1. It is past 8 past 3.
2 2 2
When it is half past the position of the minute hand is always 6. The hand is half way
past the hour.

Reference:

Primary Mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pg 101.

MK Primary Mathematics bk 2.

Telling time (a quarter past)

Children will be helped to count the small marking between each to figures showing
minutes.

When they count by to 15 minutes teach them the word a quarter past.

It is a quarter past 12. It is a quarter past 10 It is a quarter past five.

When it is a quarter past, the minute hand always points at 3 and the hour hand is
slightly past the hour.

The proper movement of the hands is clockwise.

Tell the time practically before doing a written exercise.

NOTE: Practice the use of to and past in the top streams.

Reference: E A E P – Primary Mathematics bk 2 pg 57 - 59.

Mk Primary Mathematics bk 2 pg 131 – 132.

Talk about duration

Duration is the time taken for an activity to be done.

Duration is got by subtracting the end time from the starting time.

Examples

1. Baby Norah slept at 1:00 o‟clock and woke up at 3:00 o‟clock. For how long did
the baby sleep?

3–1=2

0 1 2 3

The baby slept for 2 hours.

2. Dumba left school at 5:00 o‟clock and reached home at 6:00 o‟clock. How long
did this journey take?

6:00 – 5:00 = 1 hour.

3. If today is Monday, what day will it be after 2 days?

Write word procedures showing duration. (Written exercise)

Reference:

Revision of P.1 work.

Talk about Days of the week and months of the year.

A week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday.

Write the days in full and in short.

Sunday - Sun

Monday - Mon

Tuesday - Tues

Wednesday - Wed

Thursday - Thur

Friday - Fri
Saturday - Sat

Exercise revise table 7 and complete the table to show the numbers of weeks and
days.

Months for the year and their days

January - 31

February - 28 or 29

March - 31

April - 30

May - 31

June - 30

July - 31

August - 31

September - 30

October - 31

November - 30

December - 31

Children will learn the rhyme.

- Thirty days have September, April, June and November.

All the rest have thirty one except February alone.

For it has 28 days or 29 in a leap year.

Reference:

Mk Primary Mathematics of bk 2 pgs 133 – 134.

Primary Mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pg 40.

Calendar

Use the calendars in class or send for old calendars from home.

Let pupils observe / study the calendar and note the following;

The months shown

The next month

The month before the next shown.

The first and last day of the month.

Dates which are highlighted. (public holidays)

Reference

MK Primary Mathematics 2000 page 138.

E.A.E.P Primary Mathematics bk 2 pg 56.

TOPICAL TEST

1. What is the first day of the week?

Sunday.

2. How many days are there in 3 weeks?

1 week = 7days

3 weeks = 3 x 7 days

= 21 days

3. Write these short forms in full.

Tue – Tuesday Aug – August

Wed – Wednesday Dec – December

4. How many months are there in one year? 12 months

5. Write two months which have thirty days. April, June, September or November.

6. How many hours make a day?

7. Show the time.

a) Two o‟clock c) quarter past 11 o;clock

b) half past 7.

Telling time in quarter to:

The time after half past any hour can be told using “to”

When the minute hand points to 9, we say “ 15 minutes to or a quarter “to” the next
hour.

The hour hand is slightly pointing to the next hour.

Example

i) ii)

It is a quarter to 3. A quarter to 7.

Reference:

MK Primary bk 3 page 132.

Algebra

Algebra are equations in multiplication.

1. Emphasize recitation of tables to recall and be able to apply this knowledge

when solving the equation.

Examples

1. 5 x 3 = 15

= 15 ÷ 3 Check 5 x 3 = 15

=5

2. x 4 = 12

= 12 ÷ 4 Checking 3 x 4 = 12

=3

When you are looking for the first gap, you divide the answer by the given number.

3. When you‟re looking for the gap in the middle, you divide the answer by the
given number.

8x 2 = 16

= 16 ÷ 8

=2

10 x 2 = 20

= 20 ÷ 10

=2

Reference:

MK MTC bk 2 pg 103

Fountain primary mtc bk 2 pg 114

Money
Vocabulary

Money change

Coins buying

Notes selling

Currency cost

Denominations price

Shillings cheap

Trade conversation

Barter crested crane

Bargain purchase

Money is what we use to buy things we need. It is in form of coins or proper notes with
the value printed on them.

Background of money

People of long ago bused to get things they wanted through barter trade ie
exchanging different items because they did not have money.

(Talk about the advantages and disadvantages)

Indians introduced rupees afterwards this money was replaced by the shilling which
we use up to date.

Currency

Currency is the type of money that is used in a country. Different countries have
different currencies e.g

Ugandan currency is shillings

Kenyan currency is shillings

Tanzanian currency is shillings

Nigerian currency is Naira

Rwandan currency Francs

American currency is dollar

UK currency is pound.

Ugandan currency is in two forms.

Coin and paper notes. These are of different denominations.

Coins notes

Shs 50 shs 1000

Shs 100 shs 2000

Shs 200 shs 5000

Shs 500 shs 10,000

Shs 20,000

Shs 50,000

Each denomination has features. Children will look at real money or specimen from
newspapers.

Currency

Shs 50 coat of arm

Shs 100 a cow, coat of arm

Shs 200 fish, coat of arm

Shs 500 crested crane head, coat of arms

Notes

Shs 1000 kobs, coat of arm, monument

Shs 2000 fish swimming, monument, river, parliament (part), coat of arms

Shs 5000 birds nest flying, monument, coat of arms, parliament, image of
crested crane.

Shs 10,000 banana plantation, pottery, monument, waterfall, image of a

crested crane.

Shs 20,000 river / lake, monument, cows grazing, coat of arm, image of
crested crane, people holding a flag, coat of arms.

Shs 50,000 mountain gorillas, monument

T/Aids: real money, text books, specimen chart.

Reference:

MK Primary MTC bk 2 pgs 122 – 123.

MK Primary MTC Bk 2 pg 176.

Getting equivalent amount of money (conservative) (use real money)

Changing bigger denominations to smaller denominations e.g

a) Two coins of shs 50 are equivalent to 1 coin of shs 100.

Shs 50 + shs 50 = 100

b) Five coins of shs 100 are equivalent to sh 500.

Shs 100 + shs 100 + shs 100 + shs 100 + shs 100 = shs 500

Reference

Understanding Mathematics book 3.

Shopping
Vocabulary

Price list customer

Balance shopkeeper

Cost cheap

How much expensive

Change expenditure

Shopping game

Using the shopping language

Customer: Good morning / afternoon Sir / Madam

Shopkeeper: Good morning ……………………

Customer: May I have ………………………

Shopkeeper: Yes, you may.

Customer: How much does it cost?

Shopkeeper: ……………………….. e.t.c

Children will use the class shop and price list. They will discuss the price list and identify
the cheapest item and most expensive item. (They will use the words “cheap” and
“expensive” to build their understanding)

Buying and selling

Finding total expenditure basing on a price list.

Example

A book a pencil a sweet

Shs 200 shs 100 sh 50.

Pupils will study the price list then answer the questions.

a) How much will you pay if you buy a pencil?

b) How much will you pay for the 2 books?

One book = sh 200

Two books = sh 200 Or sh 200

X 2 + sh 200

Sh 400 sh 400

c) How much money will you pay if you buy a book and a pencil?

A book sh 200

A pencil + sh 100

Sh 300

I will pay shs 300 for a book and a pencil.

Finding (balance / change) (subtraction)

Change / balance is the money you get back after paying more than the cost of the
items you have bought.

You have a price list in a shop

A bottle of soda sh 700

A cake sh 300

Biscuits sh 500

A bun sh 100

a) If I have sh 500 and I buy a cake, how much will I remain with?

Sh 500

- sh 300

Shs 200

Joyce will remain with sh 200.

Reference:

Mk Primary MTC bk 2 pg 126 – 7.

Fountain Primary MTC bk 2 pgs 142 – 144.

TOPICAL TEST

Match correctly

1. Money feature

Shs 200 cow

Shs 100 fish

Shs 500 head of a crested crane

2. How much money do you have if you have 3 coins of shs 100?

Sh 100 + sh 100 + sh 100 = sh 300

3. How many coins of sh 500 make one thousand shillings?

Sh 500 + sh 500 = sh 1000

2 coins of sh 500 make shs 1000.

4. If one apple cost shs 600, how much will two apples cost?

5. Study the price list.

Sh 700 sh 500 sh 200

a) What is the cheapest item?

b) How much will you pay for 2 apples?

c) What is the total cost of a pineapple and an egg?

d) If you have shs 1000 and you buy one apple, how much money will you remain
with?

e) What is the cost of 3 eggs?

Algebric equations in division

Apply the knowledge of tables

Note: To find the dividend, you multiply the quotient (answer) with the division or you
can use the multiplication table.

Example

1. 18 ÷3=6 x 3

=6x3 1 3

= 18 2 6

3 9

4 12

5 15

6 18

The missing number is 18.

2. 25 ÷5=5 x 5

=5x5 1 5

= 25 2 10

3 15

4 20

5 25

The missing number is 25.

Finding the division

You divide the dividend by the quotients

E.g

1. 12 ÷ =6

= 12 ÷ 6

=2

The missing number is 2.

Reference:

MK MTC bk 2 pg 105 -106

Fountain Primary mtc bk 2 pg 114.

TOPICAL TEST

1. X 6 = 12

2. X 5 = 10

3. 7 X = 21

4. 11 X = 44

5. 15 ÷ =5

6. 24 ÷ =6
7. ÷7=2

8. ÷9=3

Word problem

9. What number do I multiply by 5 to get 30?

X 5 = 30

10. Think of a number divide it by 4. Your answer is 4. What is the number?

Reference

Primary mathematics for Uganda bk 2 pgs 52 – 53.

MK MTC bk 3 pgs 173 – 174.

Measures

Measuring area using arbitrary units e.g match boxes, books, sheets of paper.

Definition

What is area?

Area is the number of square units which cover the surface of a figure.

It is the space a flat surface takes up.

2. To build understanding measure area using things like match boxes, papers, e.t.c

Use cut small squares of paper of the same size and fit them on a larger square piece
of paper. Use glue to fix them.

How many small squares are there in the larger square?

Compare areas of different objects.

Pupils will be introduced to counting squares covering a surface.

Activity

Reference

Fountain Primary mathematics bk 2 pg 159 – 160.

MK MTC bk 3.

Primary mathematics for Uganda pg 107 – 109.

Examples:

Find the area of the following figures by counting squares.

Area = 6 squares

Area = 10 squares

Finding Area by multiplying

(Supplement the first exercise)

Multiply the number of squares across by the number of a square down words.

3 squares

4 squares cm

A = 4 sq cm x 3 sq cm

A = 12 sq cm.

Reference:

MK MTC bk 3 pgs 156 – 158.