Grade 5

Course overview

The big ideas in grade 5 include: developing fluency with addition and subtraction of fractions, developing understanding of multiplication and division of fractions in limited cases (unit fractions divided by whole numbers and whole numbers divided by unit fractions), extending division to two-digit divisors, developing understanding of operations with decimals to hundredths, developing fluency with whole number and decimal operations, and developing understanding of volume.

The mathematical work for grade 5 is broken into 8 units:

Finding Volume

Fractions as Quotients and Fraction Multiplication

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Wrapping Up Multiplication and Division with Multi-digit Numbers

Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations

More Decimal and Fraction Operations

Shapes on the Coordinate Plane

Putting it All Together