5th Grade Math (Curry)

5th Grade Algebra

100

Write the Expression: Add 8 and 7, and then multiply by 2.

What is (8+7) X 2

200

Evaluate the Expression: 2 + [4+(5X6)]

What is 36

300

Evaluate the expression: {8X[1+(20-6)]} ÷ 1/2

What is 240

400

Why do some numerical expressions contain parentheses? 

What is parentheses are one way to show which calculation needs to be completed first. 

500

A storage shed is shaped like a rectangular prism. The width is 8 yards, the height is 4 yards, and the volume is 288 cubic yards. Explain how to find the length of the storage shed.

What is V=LXWXH divide the answer 288 by 32 and get 9. Divide to find the answer. 

5th GradeGeometry

100

What do you call a triangle with 2 side lengths the same?

What is an Isosceles Triangle

200

What are the 3 ways you can classify a triangle by its angles.

What is a Right Triangle, an Acute Triangle, and an Obtuse Triangle. 

300

What are all the names you can call a rhombus?

What is a rhombus, a parallelogram, a quadrilateral, and sometimes a square. 

400

What is the term you use for a 4 sided figure?

What is a Quadrilateral. 

500

The measures of two angles of a triangle are 23 and 67. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse? How did you find your answer?

What is a right triangle. Add the two and subtract by 180. 

5th Grade Multiplication

100

Evaluate 360 X 48

What is 17,280

200

Brad lives 12 times as far away from the ocean as Jennie. If Jennie lives 48 miles from the ocean, how many miles from the ocean does Brad live?

What is 576 miles.

300

Evaluate 56 X 0.4

What is 22.4

400

There is a garden that is 8.3 feet tall,  7.5 feet wide and 2.2 feet long. What is the volume of the garden?  

What is 136.95 cubic feet.

500

What is 2/56 X 32/40?

What is 64/2240 or 1/35.

5th GradeDivision

100

21,000  ÷ _______= 700

What is 30. 

200

Paula wants to divide 480 tomatoes equally among 80 baskets. How many tomatoes will Paula put in each basket?

What is 6 tomatoes in each basket.

300

6,253  ÷  71=?

What is 88 R 5. Rounded 90. 

400

304.75  ÷  53 ____?

What is 5.75.

500

Solve 1.4  ÷ 0.2 using a base ten diagram.

What is splitting 1.4 into 7 groups of 2 tenths. 

5th Grade Fractions and Decimals

100

4/50 + 3/5?

What is 17/25

200

(2 5/8 + 2 1/2) - 4 2/3?

What is 11/24?

300

1 1/8 X 3 1/3?

What is 3 3/4

400

4  ÷  ? = 1/3

What is 12.

500

Mr. Moss has 4 gallons of paint. He painted 8 doors. How many benches can he paint with the paint that is left? 

Door = 1/2 gallon per 2 doors                         Bench 1/3 gallon per bench

What is 6 Benches?