Base 5 Addsubtract
Base 5 Addsubtract
P.5 Mathematics
Lesson one.
Topic: Operations on whole numbers.
Subtopic: Place values of each digit in base five
Steps:
1. Read the given numbers
2. Identify the digits in group form
3. Write the place values of each digit in the numbers given. E.g
NUMBERS PLACE VALUES WE READ AS
231 five 2 groups of five fives, 3 groups of fives, 1ones Two three one base five
EXAMPLE I EXAMPLE II
3 2 five 1 2 4 five
3 2 five Ones
Ones
Fives
Fives
Five fives(Twenty fives)
WORK TO DO
1. 4 five 4. 300 five
2. 13 five 5. 22 five
3. 314 five 6. 234 five
Lesson two.
Subtopic: Changing base five to base ten
Steps:
Lesson three.
Subtopic: Changing base ten to base five
Note: Here we use a slogan B ananas where B stands for the base you are changing to.
Steps:
EXAMPLE I EXAMPLE II
B N R B N R
5 9 5 58
5 1
4
0 5 11 3
1
5 2 1
9 ten = 14 five
0 2
WORK TO DO
2. 11 ten
3. 42 ten
4. 55 ten
5. 74 ten
6. 33 ten
Lesson four.
Sub topic: ADDITION IN BASE FIVE
Lesson five.
NB: When you borrow what we call re-grouping, you borrow a base and add it to the number
before as above.
WORK TO DO
1. 43 five - 12 five
2. 32 five - 21 five
6. 32 five - 13 five