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5th grade Math: how to help at home

What your child learns in 5th grade math in the Oregon State Standards, and simple things to try at home.

Focus areas this year

Easy ways to practice math at home

What each unit covers

  1. Numbers to a Million

    Place value to 1,000,000: digit values, standard and expanded form, number words, rounding, ordering, and using benchmarks like 500,000 on a number line.

  2. Decimals

    Reading, writing, comparing and rounding decimals to thousandths, linking decimals to fractions out of 10, 100 and 1000, and adding and subtracting decimals in real situations.

  3. Multiply

    Multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers using area models and partial products, patterns with 10, 100 and 1000, doubling and halving, and estimating products by rounding.

  4. Mental Math Tricks

    Recalling multiplication and division facts to 9 × 9, and mental strategies such as adding zeros, halving and doubling, and breaking a number into friendly parts.

  5. Divide

    Dividing 2- and 3-digit numbers, finding remainders and deciding what they mean in a story (round up for buses, drop the extra for full bags), and estimating with friendly numbers.

  6. Equivalent Fractions

    Making and recognizing equivalent fractions (2/3 = 8/12), simplifying, comparing and ordering fractions, and judging whether a fraction is close to 0, 1/2 or 1.

  7. Patterns & Equations

    Describing growing and shrinking patterns with rules and expressions like 3n + 1, using input–output tables, and solving one-step equations such as n + 37 = 92 or 6 × n = 54.

  8. Parallel Lines and Quadrilaterals

    Finding parallel and perpendicular edges and sides, and sorting quadrilaterals (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, parallelograms and rhombuses) by their sides and angles.

  9. Converting Units

    Converting between units in the US customary and metric systems (both ways, including decimals) and using conversions in multi-step problems.

  10. Parentheses & Expressions

    Evaluating expressions with parentheses and brackets, writing an expression from words, and reading an expression without calculating it.

  11. Coordinate Grid

    Naming and plotting points in the first quadrant of the coordinate grid, and reading what a point means in a real situation.

  12. Multiply & Divide Fractions

    Multiplying a fraction by a whole number or a fraction, dividing a unit fraction by a whole number (and the other way round), and seeing a fraction as sharing.

  13. Unlike Denominators

    Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators by finding a common denominator, and checking with benchmark fractions.

  14. Volume of Boxes

    Finding volume by counting unit cubes and layers, using V = l × w × h, finding a missing side, and adding the volumes of two boxes.

What the report card levels look like at home

Beginning
Just getting started with this idea. Short, regular practice with lots of support helps most.
Approaching
Understands parts of it and is building confidence. Keep practicing the tricky parts.
Meeting
Has it! Mixed review now and then keeps it strong.
Exceeding
Applies it confidently, even in new or harder situations. Try challenge mode and real-life problems.

Your child’s teacher decides the level on the report card. Read the Oregon report card guide.

Common questions

Free printable 5th grade math practice sheet

Questions from every unit, with an answer key.

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