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Pennsylvania Standards

Pennsylvania 5th Grade Math Standards

All 12 Pennsylvania math standards for 5th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Pennsylvania Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

12 standards

Numbers & Operations in Base Ten

2 standards
CC.2.1.5.B.1
Use the ten-times pattern of place value and powers of 10 to read, compare, and round whole numbers and decimals, like rounding 4.276 to 4.28.
CC.2.1.5.B.2
Multiply multi-digit whole numbers fluently, divide by two-digit divisors, and add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths.

Numbers & Operations—Fractions

2 standards
CC.2.1.5.C.1
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators, including mixed numbers, by rewriting them as equivalent fractions, like 2/3 + 1/4 = 8/12 + 3/12.
CC.2.1.5.C.2
Multiply fractions by fractions or whole numbers, divide unit fractions and whole numbers by each other, and see a fraction as division, like 3/4 = 3 ÷ 4.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

2 standards
CC.2.2.5.A.1
Write and work out number expressions with grouping symbols in the right order, like doing 3 × 4 before adding 5 in 5 + 3 × 4, and describe them in words.
CC.2.2.5.A.4
Build two number patterns from two rules, like add 3 and add 6, pair up their terms, and graph the pairs to explain how the patterns relate.

Geometry

2 standards
CC.2.3.5.A.1
Plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate grid and explain what they mean when solving problems, like tracking distance walked over time.
CC.2.3.5.A.2
Sort flat shapes into a hierarchy by their properties, like seeing that every square is also a rectangle and a rhombus.

Measurement and Data

4 standards
CC.2.4.5.A.1
Convert between units in the same system, like centimeters to meters or ounces to pounds, and use the conversions to solve multi-step problems.
CC.2.4.5.A.2
Choose a sensible scale for a graph, like counting by 5s or 100s on the axis, then display data on it and explain what the graph shows.
CC.2.4.5.A.4
Solve fraction problems with the data on a given line plot, like finding the total of all the measurements or sharing that total out equally.
CC.2.4.5.A.5
Find the volume of rectangular prisms by counting unit cubes, by multiplying length, width, and height, and by adding the volumes of joined prisms.

The official Pennsylvania documents

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