5th Grade: Math PSSA

Place Value Power

100

What is the value of the 5 in 2,504?

500

200

How many times bigger is the 7 in 700 than the 7 in 70?

10 times

300

Write three and forty-two hundredths as a decimal.

3.42

400

Multiply 1.45 x 10²

145

500

Round 12.678 to the nearest tenth

12.7

Fraction Action

100

Find a common denominator for 1/3 and 1/2

6

200

Solve: 2/5 + 1/5

3/5

300

What is 1/2 of 10

5

400

Solve: What is 3 - 1/4

2 and 3/4

500

A recipe needs 1/2 cup of sugar. If you make 3 batches, how much sugar do you need?

1 and 1/2 cups

Geometry & Volume

100

What do you call a shape with 4 sides?

Quadrilateral

200

A box is 2 inches tall, 3 inches wide, and 4 inches long. What is the volume? 

24 cubic inches

300

True or False: A square is also a rectangle. 

True

400

Which axis goes side-to-side (horizontal) on a coordinate plane? 

X-axis

500

 What are the coordinates of the origin?

(0,0)

Wild Card: Operations

100

125 x 4

(Answer: 500)

200

What is the first step in PEMDAS? 

(Answer: Parentheses)

300

Solve: (10 + 2) /  3 

(Answer: 4)

400

Long division: 144 / 12 

(Answer: 12)

500

If 1 foot = 12 inches, how many inches are in 5 feet?

(Answer: 60 inches)