What your child should master by the end of 5th Grade
By the end of 5th Grade, a child should operate fluently with decimals and fractions, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, and use place value through the thousandths. Students work with the order of operations, the coordinate plane, and volume. This year consolidates the arithmetic that all of middle-school mathematics depends on.
Key learning topics:
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to the hundredths
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators; multiply and divide fractions
Understand place value through thousandths and powers of 10; multiply and divide whole numbers fluently
Write and interpret numerical expressions; apply the order of operations
Understand and measure volume of rectangular solids
Graph points on the coordinate plane and interpret them in context
Classify two-dimensional figures by their properties; convert measurement units
Proficiency looks like: a child who can compute 3.45 + 2.8, find 2/3 divided by 1/2, evaluate 3 + 4 x 5, and plot a point at (3, 4).