The std 5 maths textbook is NCERT’s Math-Magic, the official Class 5 mathematics book — 14 chapters across 204 printed pages, running from The Fish Tale to How Big? How Heavy?
The official PDF for every chapter is in the download table just below.
What this page adds to the file is a look inside the book: each chapter’s printed page range, its length, the hands-on activities it carries and the kind of practice it uses — so you can find the chapter you need, or judge how much work a topic will take, without opening fourteen separate files.
Download the Std 5 Maths Textbook PDF (Math-Magic)
Every file in the table below is NCERT’s own edition of Math-Magic, published on the official ncert.nic.in textbook portal — the same source schools and teachers use, so nothing here is a third-party copy. Each chapter is a separate PDF, so you can pull just the chapter you are studying instead of the whole book.
| Ch. | Chapter | Pages | Official PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fish Tale | 15 | |
| 2 | Shapes and Angles | 18 | |
| 3 | How Many Squares? | 16 | |
| 4 | Parts and Wholes | 21 | |
| 5 | Does it Look the Same? | 16 | |
| 6 | Be My Multiple, I'll be Your Factor | 12 | |
| 7 | Can You See the Pattern? | 13 | |
| 8 | Mapping Your Way | 14 | |
| 9 | Boxes and Sketches | 8 | |
| 10 | Tents and Hundredths | 12 | |
| 11 | Area and its Boundary | 13 | |
| 12 | Smart Charts | 11 | |
| 13 | Ways to Multiply and Divide | 17 | |
| 14 | How Big? How Heavy? | 18 |
The Class 5 Maths book at a glance
A few numbers size up the whole book before you open a single chapter.
- 14 chapters across 204 printed pages — the full official edition, all covered in the download table above.
- No numbered section headings. Math-Magic organises chapters as activity blocks rather than syllabus-style sections, so each chapter reads as a run of named tasks instead of numbered subsections.
- 9 hands-on activities across the book, with Chapter 2 (Shapes and Angles) carrying the most — 3 of the 9.
- ‘Practice Time’ appears in 12 of the 14 chapters because exercises are built into the lessons instead of being saved for an end-of-chapter question bank.
Four kinds of maths in the book: where each lives
The 14 chapters fall into five content strands. Use this map to jump straight to the topic you need.
| Strand | What it covers | Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers and operations | Money and large numbers, multiples and factors, multiplication and division | 1, 6, 13 |
| Fractions and decimals | Equal parts and wholes, tenths and hundredths | 4, 10 |
| Geometry and shapes | Angles, counting squares, symmetry and turns, nets of cubes | 2, 3, 5, 9 |
| Measurement | Area and perimeter, volume and weight | 11, 14 |
| Maps and data | Directions and scale, tally charts and graphs | 8, 12 |
This grouping is a reading aid for choosing chapters — a structure this page offers, not one NCERT prints in the book. One example of how to use it: a student revising fractions goes to Chapter 4 before Chapter 10, because equal parts have to make sense before tenths and hundredths do.
What each of the 14 chapters teaches
The directory below records the shape of each chapter — length, activities and practice style — and the notes that follow say in one line what the chapter teaches.
| Ch. | Chapter | Sections | Activities | Figures | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fish Tale | — | 2 | — | — |
| 2 | Shapes and Angles | — | 3 | — | — |
| 3 | How Many Squares? | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Parts and Wholes | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5 | Does it Look the Same? | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Be My Multiple, I'll be Your Factor | — | 1 | — | — |
| 7 | Can You See the Pattern? | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Mapping Your Way | — | 1 | — | — |
| 9 | Boxes and Sketches | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tents and Hundredths | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Area and its Boundary | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Smart Charts | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ways to Multiply and Divide | — | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | How Big? How Heavy? | — | — | — | — |
The directory above carries three useful counts per chapter. Section would mean one of NCERT’s numbered headings — Math-Magic prints none, because chapters run as named activity blocks such as ‘Angle Tester’, ‘Meow Game’ or ‘Magic Squares’.
Activity means a hands-on task printed inside the chapter. Question would mean an end-of-chapter exercise; this book has none, and its practice lives in the in-chapter ‘Practice Time’ blocks instead.
Chapter 1: The Fish Tale (pp. 1-15)
Class 5 opens inside a fish market, so the arithmetic here is money arithmetic and large numbers, practised through buying and selling fish, boat stories and a women’s bank — with 2 hands-on activities to try along the way.
Chapter 2: Shapes and Angles (pp. 16-33)
Children build an angle tester, read a degree clock and hunt angles in everyday objects and names, and with 3 of the book’s 9 activities this is the most hands-on chapter in Math-Magic.
Chapter 3: How Many Squares? (16 pages)
The chapter teaches area by counting unit squares — measuring stamps, footprints and triangles on a grid.
Chapter 4: Parts and Wholes (pp. 50-70)
The book’s main fractions chapter covers equal parts and halves and quarters through flags, chocolate bars and a vegetable field, and at 21 pages it is the longest chapter in the book.
Chapter 5: Does it Look the Same? (16 pages)
Symmetry, mirror images and half and quarter turns — this chapter asks whether a shape still looks the same after reflection or rotation.
Chapter 6: Be My Multiple, I’ll be Your Factor (12 pages)
Multiples, factors and common multiples and factors are taught through games such as the Meow Game and a dice game, plus grid and chart work, with one hands-on activity to reinforce them.
Chapter 7: Can You See the Pattern? (13 pages)
Number patterns, magic squares and magic hexagons, calendar patterns and smart adding make this the book’s puzzle chapter.
Chapter 8: Mapping Your Way (14 pages)
Maps and directions — matching a map to a photo, marking routes, and scale (making things bigger and smaller) — with a single activity for working on a map by hand.
Chapter 9: Boxes and Sketches (8 pages)
Nets that fold into cubes, deep drawings of solid shapes and floor maps make up the shortest chapter in the book at just 8 pages. Its cube nets connect directly to the packing-cubes work in Chapter 14.
Chapter 10: Tenths and Hundredths (12 pages)
Decimals — tenths and hundredths — are explored through frog jump lengths, guess-and-measure tasks and currency from different countries.
Chapter 11: Area and its Boundary (13 pages)
Area and perimeter are built through stamp covers, the longest-belt puzzle, sharing land and a king’s story.
Chapter 12: Smart Charts (pp. 159-169)
The data chapter — tally marks, tables, charts and graphs, a family tree and a plant growth chart.
Chapter 13: Ways to Multiply and Divide (17 pages)
Multiplication and division strategies and word problems are told through a cashier, a special cook, a landlord and farmers’ stories — the book’s longest arithmetic run at 17 pages.
Chapter 14: How Big? How Heavy? (18 pages)
Volume, capacity and weight — measuring with a homemade measuring bottle, making and packing paper cubes, and a trek to Gangotri.
Chapter study pages for Class 5 Maths
Each chapter of Math-Magic is getting its own study page on this site; the list below shows the current state of all 14.
Chapter-wise notes for this subject are not published yet. The unit-wise syllabus on this page is complete and verified against the official CBSE curriculum document.
Once live, a chapter study page will contain:
- a plain-language explanation of the chapter’s practice blocks;
- worked methods step by step, with the working shown for typical sums;
- the common mistakes to avoid for that chapter’s topic.
How to use this book: a sensible study order
Math-Magic is not meant to be read front to back in one sitting. This order builds each skill on the one before it.
- Start with Chapter 1 (The Fish Tale). Its fish-market money sums refresh large-number arithmetic — adding, subtracting and estimating with amounts in the thousands — before any new topic begins.
- Do the shape strand — Chapters 2, 3 and 5 — with objects in hand. Paper, a mirror and a cut-out angle tester matter more than a pen here, because these chapters are about seeing shapes, angles and turns.
- Build fractions in Chapter 4 before the decimals of Chapter 10. Decimals are fractions written another way, so equal parts and wholes have to come first.
- Learn multiples and factors (Chapter 6) and patterns (Chapter 7) before Chapter 13. The multiplication and division strategies in Chapter 13 lean on both.
- Pair the measurement chapters, 11 and 14. Chapter 11’s area and perimeter and Chapter 14’s volume and weight share the same measure-in-units idea. Also pair Chapter 9’s cube nets with Chapter 14’s packing cubes: a net is the cube unfolded.
- Use Chapters 8 and 12 as lighter revision breaks. Reading maps and reading charts sharpen the same careful attention without heavy calculation.
One habit worth setting: because Math-Magic embeds its practice as ‘Practice Time’ blocks inside the lessons, revision means redoing those in-chapter blocks — there is no end-of-chapter question bank to work from.
Related NCERT book pages
- All Class 5 NCERT book pages — the hub for every Class 5 subject this site covers.
- Browse NCERT books by class and subject — find the same chapter-level breakdown for other classes.
Sources and data verification
This listing is maintained for the 2026-27 academic session using the NCERT textbook information available to us. NCERT remains the authority for confirming the latest edition.
- The chapter facts on this page describe the NCERT Math-Magic Class 5 textbook, official edition, as published on ncert.nic.in (per-chapter PDFs eemh101–eemh114).
- This page covers the 14 chapters of the Class 5 Maths textbook only. Other Class 5 books, such as EVS and English, are separate listings.
- The listing is maintained for the current academic session using NCERT’s published edition.
- NCERT settles textbook titles, editions and PDFs; CBSE settles curriculum, syllabus and examinations. Textbook contents and the examinable syllabus are not always identical — check the current official syllabus.
Reference: NCERT Class 5 Mathematics textbook (Math-Magic), official edition on ncert.nic.in. Section titles quoted from the textbook; page references are to the official PDF.
FAQs about the NCERT Class 5 Maths book
How many chapters are in the std 5 maths textbook Math-Magic?
14. The book runs 204 printed pages, and the PDF for every chapter is in the download table at the top of this page.
Is the Class 5 Maths NCERT book PDF free and official?
Yes. Every link in the download table points to NCERT’s own files on ncert.nic.in, so there is no payment and no registration.
Which chapter teaches fractions and decimals in Class 5 Maths?
Fractions are Chapter 4, Parts and Wholes (pp. 50-70) — equal parts, halves and quarters. Decimals are Chapter 10, Tenths and Hundredths.
Which chapter covers multiplication and division in Class 5 Maths?
Chapter 13, Ways to Multiply and Divide. It runs 17 pages and works through multiplication and division strategies in shop and farm stories.
Where are the answers to the Class 5 Maths book exercises?
Math-Magic has no end-of-chapter question bank. Its practice sits inside each chapter as ‘Practice Time’ blocks, so revision means redoing those blocks. The chapter study pages on this site work through that practice as they are published.