Alabama 5th grade math standards

Write, explain, and evaluate simple numerical expressions involving the four operations to solve up to two-step problems. Include expressions involving parentheses, brackets, or braces, using commutative, associative, and distributive properties.

Use data from an input/output table to identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms.

Form ordered pairs from values in an input/output table.

Graph ordered pairs from an input/output table on a coordinate plane.

Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, using whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

Explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10, using whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

Compare two decimals to thousandths based on the meaning of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < to record the results of comparisons.

Use place value understanding to round decimals to thousandths.

Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division to find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Use concrete models and drawings to solve problems with decimals to hundredths.

Solve problems in a real-world context with decimals to hundredths.

Model and solve real-word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally, and assess the reasonableness of answers.

Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators, using fraction equivalence to calculate a sum or difference of fractions or mixed numbers with like denominators.

Model and interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b).

Use visual fraction models, drawings, or equations to represent word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.

Use a visual fraction model (area model, set model, or linear model) to show (a/b) × q and create a story context for this equation to interpret the product as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts.

Use a visual fraction model (area model, set model, or linear model) to show (a/b) × (c/d) and create a story context for this equation to interpret the product.

Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths to show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Compare the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.

Explain why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number and relate the principle of fraction equivalence.

Explain why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number and relate the principle of fraction equivalence.

Model and solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers using visual fraction models, drawings, or equations to represent the problem.

Solve real-world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions and illustrate using visual fraction models, drawings, and equations to represent the problem.

Create a story context for a unit fraction divided by a whole number, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient.

Create a story context for a whole number divided by a unit fraction, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient.

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. Note: Division is limited to unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.

Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real-world problems.

Pack a solid figure without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes to demonstrate volume as n cubic units.

Use the associative property of multiplication to find the volume of a right rectangular prism and relate it to packing the prism with unit cubes. Show that the volume can be determined by multiplying the three edge lengths or by multiplying the height by the area of the base.

Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = B × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the two parts, applying this technique to solve real-world problems.

Graph points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points to represent real-world and mathematical problems.

Classify triangles according to side length (isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and angle measure (acute, obtuse, right, equiangular).

Classify quadrilaterals in a hierarchy based on properties.

Explain that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.