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Colorado Standards

Colorado 5th Grade Math Standards

All 11 Colorado math standards for 5th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Colorado Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

11 standards

Number and Quantity

4 standards
MA.5.NBT.A
Explain how place values grow by 10 times and shrink to 1/10, and how powers of 10 shift zeros and decimal points, then read, write, compare, and round decimals to thousandths.
MA.5.NBT.B
Multiply multi-digit whole numbers with the standard method, divide up to 4-digit numbers by 2-digit divisors, and do all four operations with decimals to hundredths using models.
MA.5.NF.A
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators by rewriting them with a common denominator, like 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6, and check word problem answers with benchmarks.
MA.5.NF.B
Treat a fraction as division, multiply fractions and mixed numbers, explain multiplying as resizing, and divide unit fractions by whole numbers and the reverse, like 1/2 ÷ 3 and 3 ÷ 1/2.

Algebra and Functions

2 standards
MA.5.OA.A
Write and evaluate expressions with grouping symbols, and interpret an expression without working it out, like knowing 4 times a sum is four times as large as the sum.
MA.5.OA.B
Build two number patterns from two rules, like add 2 and add 4, compare their matching terms, and graph the pairs as points on a coordinate plane.

Data, Statistics, and Probability

3 standards
MA.5.MD.A
Convert between sizes of units in one system, like 250 cm to 2.5 m, and use the conversions to solve multistep real-world problems.
MA.5.MD.B
Show measurements in halves, quarters, and eighths on a line plot and use fraction operations to answer questions about it, like sharing water evenly among beakers.
MA.5.MD.C
Measure volume by packing unit cubes, find a box's volume as length times width times height or base area times height, and add volumes of two joined boxes to solve problems.

Geometry

2 standards
MA.5.G.A
Explain how the x and y axes and the origin set up a coordinate grid, plot ordered pairs in the first quadrant, and read what the points mean in real situations.
MA.5.G.B
Explain that subgroups of shapes keep their parent group's traits, like squares having right angles because all rectangles do, and sort flat shapes into a hierarchy by their properties.

The official Colorado documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Colorado's standards, not the official wording, which Colorado Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.