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South Carolina 5th Grade Math Standards

All 26 South Carolina math standards for 5th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in South Carolina Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

26 standards

Data, Probability, and Statistical Reasoning

4 standards
5.DPSR.1.1
Find the range and mode of data sets of whole numbers, decimals to hundredths, or fractions with denominators of 2 to 6, 8 or 10.
5.DPSR.1.2
Solve two-step real-life problems with whole-number or fraction data from dot plots, tables, line or scaled bar graphs, using denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.
5.DPSR.1.3
Use categorical and numerical data in tables, dot plots, or bar, line and circle graphs with scales in wholes, halves, fourths or eighths to predict and draw conclusions.
5.DPSR.2.1
Show how likely a simple event is as 0, 1 or a fraction between, like 1/4 for one of four equal spinner parts, with denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10, 20 or 25.

Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning

6 standards
5.MGSR.1.1
Find the area and perimeter of shapes made of several parts by splitting them into rectangles, like an L-shaped room.
5.MGSR.1.2
Estimate a box's volume, a right rectangular prism with whole-number edges, then measure it by packing unit cubes, like 24 cubes filling a 2 by 3 by 4 box.
5.MGSR.2.1
Convert up or down within one system using given unit facts, like yards to inches, pounds to ounces, quarts to cups, hours to seconds or km to m, in real-life problems.
5.MGSR.2.2
Estimate how long objects are, then measure them to the closest eighth of an inch or the closest millimeter.
5.MGSR.3.1
Point out the origin and the x- and y-axes, then plot, name and label points as ordered pairs in the first quadrant, including pairs taken from a function table.
5.MGSR.3.2
Graph and label points in the first quadrant to show math and real-life situations, like hours worked and money earned, and explain what the points mean.

Numerical Reasoning

5 standards
5.NR.1.1
Read and write numbers from 0 to 999 with up to three decimal places in pictures, words, standard and expanded form, like 52.306 = 50 + 2 + 3/10 + 6/1000.
5.NR.1.2
Explain how a digit's value grows or shrinks by tens when it shifts places left or right, like the 3 in 0.3 being ten times the 3 in 0.03, to the thousandths.
5.NR.1.3
Round decimals up to 999 with up to three decimal places to the nearest whole number, tenth or hundredth, like 45.678 to 45.68.
5.NR.1.4
Use place-value patterns to explain what the exponent on a power of 10 does when you multiply or divide by it, like 45 ÷ 10³ = 0.045, within thousandths.
5.NR.2.1
Compare fractions and mixed numbers with like or unlike denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25 or 100 by finding a common denominator, and record with <, > or =.

Patterns, Algebra, and Functional Reasoning

11 standards
5.PAFR.1.1
Multiply a two- or three-digit number by a two-digit number using a strategy such as area models or partial products, including real-life problems like 236 × 45.
5.PAFR.1.2
Divide whole numbers of up to four digits by two-digit divisors using a strategy, with or without remainders, including real-life problems, like 2,856 ÷ 24.
5.PAFR.1.3
Add and subtract decimals to the hundredths using a strategy, like 12.65 + 7.4 or 9.3 − 4.75.
5.PAFR.1.4
Multiply a decimal to hundredths by a one-digit whole number and divide such a decimal by a one-digit number with a strategy, and justify it, like 3.45 × 6 or 7.2 ÷ 4.
5.PAFR.2.1
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100 with a strategy, justify it, and solve real-life problems.
5.PAFR.2.2
Find the product of two fractions or of a fraction and a whole number with a strategy, in real-life problems too, like 2/3 × 3/4, with denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10 or 12.
5.PAFR.2.3
Model and explain whole number ÷ unit fraction and unit fraction ÷ whole number, like 3 ÷ 1/4 = 12, in real-life problems with denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10 or 12.
5.PAFR.3.1
Find the least common multiple of denominators to get a common denominator, like 12 for fourths and sixths, with denominators of 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.
5.PAFR.3.2
Find the greatest common factor of two numbers up to 50 and use it to write a fraction in simplest form, like dividing 18/24 by 6 to get 3/4.
5.PAFR.3.3
Figure out the rule that fits the data in a function table and turn it into an expression, like n × 3 + 1.
5.PAFR.3.4
Turn a two-step real-life story into a numerical expression that uses parentheses to group, then evaluate it, like 4 bags each holding 5 red and 3 blue beads.

The official South Carolina documents

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