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Welcome to 5th Grade Common Core Math Standards Resource Page!
This page is your go-to guide for understanding and implementing the 5th Grade Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Below, you’ll find a complete list of all the standards and skills, along with resources to help make your teaching more effective and efficient.
The Common Core Math Standards are organized into broad categories called Domains, with specific skills outlined under each. Within each Domain, Clusters group related standards that progress in complexity, ensuring a clear and cohesive structure for learning at each grade level.
For 5th grade, the key Domains include:
Each Cluster is further broken down into Standards, which are specific skills or concepts that students are expected to learn. For example, the standard 5.NBT.A.1 focuses on understanding the place value system, including recognizing that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.
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Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Cluster A: 5.NBT.A – Understand the place value system
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.NBT.1 | I can recognize that a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NBT.2 | I can explain patterns when multiplying a number by powers of 10. I can explain patterns in the placement of a decimal. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NBT.3 | I can read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NBT.4 | I can use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster B: 5.NBT.B – Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.NBT.5 | I can fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NBT.6 | I can divide four-digit dividends by two-digit divisors. I can illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NBT.7 | I can add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to the hundredths place value. I can explain using concrete models or drawings. | – Math Task Cards – Math Task Cards – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Interactive Slides – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Cluster A: 5.OA.A – Write and interpret numerical expressions
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.OA.1 | I can use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.OA.2 | I can write simple expressions with numbers and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster B: 5.OA.B – Analyze patterns and relationships
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.OA.3 | I can generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. I can form and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. I can identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Domain: Measurement & Data
Cluster A: 5.MD.A – Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.MD.1 | I can convert measurements within the same measuring system. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster B: 5.MD.B – Represent and interpret data
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.MD.2 | I can make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster C: 5.MD.C – Geometry measurement: Understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.MD.3 & 5.MD.4 | I can understand volume. I can measure volume by counting unit cubes. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.MD.5 | I can find the volume of an object by using the formulas V= l x w x h and V= b x h. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Domain: Fractions
Cluster A: 5.NF.A – Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.NF.1 | I can add fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers). I can subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers). | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NF.2 | I can solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions. I can use area models or equations to represent the problems. I can use benchmark fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of my answers. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster B: 5.NF.B – Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.NF.3 | I can interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator. I can solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers. I can use area models or equations to represent the problem. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Pixel Art – Interactive Slides – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NF.4 | I can multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NF.5 | I can think of multiplication as the scaling of a number. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NF.6 | I can solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.NF.7 | I can divide unit fractions by whole numbers. I can divide whole numbers by unit fractions. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Domain: Geometry
Cluster A: 5.G.A – Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-word and mathematical problems
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.G.1 | I understand how to graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.G.2 | I can graph and interpret points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
Cluster A: 5.G.B – Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties
| Standard | Skills | Related Resources |
| 5.G.3 | I can classify shapes into categories. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
| 5.G.4 | I can classify shapes based on their properties. | – Math Task Cards – Math Sorts – Interactive Slides – Math Pixel Art – Math Game Show – Math Tri-folds |
