Slimkop

CAPS · Grade 5

Grade 5 homework help, in line with CAPS

Grade 5 is in the Intermediate Phase (Grades 4 to 6). The work gets bigger: more subjects, projects, longer reading and the first real tests. Slimkop helps your child plan, check and explain their own work, one step at a time.

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The one rule

Slimkop never gives the answer. It asks the question that helps your child work it out, and a right answer only counts once they can explain it.

What your Grade 5 child gets

  • Help with homework and projects in every subject, step by step. Slimkop never gives the answer: your child works it out.
  • A photo of the homework is enough to start.
  • Mock exams: a quick test (5 questions, 20 minutes) or a full Grade 5 exam of 40 marks in 1 hour.
  • Daily reading: a new Grade 5 comprehension story every day, about 950 to 1 100 words, with 10 questions.
  • Built on the official CAPS documents, plus free DBE workbooks and Siyavula textbooks.
  • In English or Afrikaans: your child picks.
  • In Parent view you see every chat, the time spent and the marks per CAPS topic.

Subjects in Grade 5

  • Mathematics
  • English Literacy
  • Afrikaans (FAL)
  • Afrikaans (HL)
  • Natural Sciences
  • History
  • Geography
  • Life Skills

How Slimkop helps a Grade 5 learner

An example Grade 5 Maths lesson. The child gives every answer; Slimkop asks the next question.

  1. SlimkopLet's try one together. What is 3/4 + 1/4?
  2. Child4/8
  3. SlimkopNice try, and a very common one. The bottom number tells us the size of the pieces. When we add more quarters, do the pieces get smaller?
  4. ChildNo, they stay quarters
  5. SlimkopExactly. The same bottom number means same-size pieces, so we just count the pieces. 3 quarters and 1 more quarter makes how many quarters?
  6. Child4 quarters, so 4/4
  7. SlimkopYes! You worked that out yourself: same-size pieces, so you add the top numbers. And 4/4 is one whole slab of chocolate.

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*Ts and Cs apply: one family plan covers up to 3 children.