Mathematics · 2026

Grade 5

30
standards
14
lettered parts
13
priority
4
new

Use these in PRISM

A PRISM PLC team can start from OSPI's 13 Priority standards for Grade 5: one step adds them as its Priority standards, ready for scales, assessments and plans.

What changed

26 Common Core standards map onto this grade's 2026 standards.

New in 2026, with no Common Core match

Common Core to 2026, standard by standard26
Common Core2026
5.OA.A.1Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.M.5.R.OA.1
5.OA.A.2Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them.For example, express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7). Recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.M.5.R.OA.2
5.OA.B.3Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. For example, given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 0, and given the rule "Add 6" and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence. Explain informally why this is so.M.5.DA.OA.3
5.NBT.A.1Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.M.5.R.NBT.1
5.NBT.A.2Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.M.5.R.NBT.2
5.NBT.A.3Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths. a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 x 100 + 4 x 10 + 7 x 1 + 3x (1/10) + 9 x (1/100) + 2 x (1/1000). b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.M.5.Q.NBT.3
5.NBT.A.4Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.M.5.R.NBT.4
5.NBT.B.5Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.M.5.Q.NBT.5
5.NBT.B.6Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.M.5.R.NBT.6
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.M.5.R.NBT.7
5.NF.A.1Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)M.5.Q.NF.1
5.NF.A.2Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by 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. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.M.5.Q.NF.2
5.NF.B.3Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?M.5.Q.NF.3
5.NF.B.4Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction. a. Interpret the product (a/b) x q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a x q ÷ b. For example, use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) x 4 = 8/3, and create a story context for this equation. Do the same with (2/3) x (4/5) = 8/15. (In general, (a/b)x (c/d) = ac/bd.) b. Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.M.5.Q.NF.4
5.NF.B.5Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by: a. Comparing 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. b. Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n x a)/(n x b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.M.5.Q.NF.5
5.NF.B.6Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.M.5.Q.NF.6
5.NF.B.7Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions. a. Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3)÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) x 4 = 1/3. b. Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for 4 ÷ (1/5), and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that 4 ÷ (1/5) = 20 because 20 x (1/5) = 4. c. Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?M.5.Q.NF.7
5.MD.A.1Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.M.5.SR.MD.1
5.MD.B.2Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. For example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.M.5.DA.MD.2
5.MD.C.3Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. a. A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume. b. A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.M.5.SR.MD.3
5.MD.C.4Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.M.5.SR.MD.4
5.MD.C.5Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume. a. Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes, e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication. b. Apply the formulas V = l x w x h and V = b x 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. c. Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.M.5.SR.MD.5
5.G.A.1Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).M.5.SR.G.1
5.G.A.2Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.M.5.SR.G.2
5.G.B.3Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.M.5.SR.G.3
5.G.B.4Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.M.5.SR.G.4

The standards

Data Analysis DA

Data Science DS

M.5.DA.DS.1

New in 2026

Generate questions of interest to the students that elicit data, generate ideas based on the questions, and refine the question as necessary. Pose statistical questions that can compare two variables withing a group, setting, or situation.

No Common Core standard maps here

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.DA.DS.2

New in 2026

Determine strategies for collecting and considering data in a variety of ways including with the use of technology. Understand that data may contain errors (missing values, etc.) and decisions have to be made on how to account for or resolve these issues.

No Common Core standard maps here

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.DA.DS.3

PriorityNew in 2026

Critically analyze data visualizations, including tables, bar graphs, line plots, or spreadsheets to support a claim related to the investigative question. Compare and contrast different data visualizations to determine which transparently communicate results and interpretations.

No Common Core standard maps here

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity
  • Analyzing problem-solving steps

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.DA.DS.4

PriorityNew in 2026

Interpret and communicate results, describing difference between groups, with teacher guidance. Make a statement(s) about the data collected to support the answer to the investigative question. Describe the difference between two groups with different conditions.

No Common Core standard maps here

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules
  • Evaluate others' arguments

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Measurement and Data MD

M.5.DA.MD.2

Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit. Use operations on fractions to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. For example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.

Common Core: 5.MD.B.2

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Operations and Algebraic Thinking OA

M.5.DA.OA.3

Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 0, and given the rule “Add 6” and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence. Explain informally why this is so.

Common Core: 5.OA.B.3

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Patterns and Relationships · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12*

Quantity Q

Number and Operations: Fractions NF

M.5.Q.NF.1

Priority

Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) using flexible and efficient strategies, including replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions with like denominators. Justify using visual models (e.g., tape diagrams or number lines).

Common Core: 5.NF.A.1

Resources7 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks7

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules
  • Evaluate others' arguments

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Add and Subtract with Equivalent Fractions · Focused interim block, items 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

M.5.Q.NF.2

Priority

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately solve real world word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by 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. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.

Common Core: 5.NF.A.2

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Add and Subtract with Equivalent Fractions · Focused interim block, items 12, 14, 15

M.5.Q.NF.3

Priority

Interpret a fraction as division, where a quantity (the numerator) is divided into equal parts (the denominator). Flexibly and efficiently solve real world word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Assess the reasonableness of answers using estimation strategies. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

Common Core: 5.NF.B.3

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions I · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 6, 7

M.5.Q.NF.4

Priority

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to efficiently, flexibly, and accurately multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

  1. a.Interpret the product (a/b) x q as a parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a x q ÷ b. For example, use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) x 4 = 8/3, and create a story context for this equation. Do the same with (2/3) x (4/5) = 8/15.
  2. b.Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

Common Core: 5.NF.B.4

Resources9 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks9

WIDA language connections2

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules
Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Generalize commonalities and differences across cases

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions I · Focused interim block, items 4, 9
  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions II · Focused interim block, items 5, 7, 10*, 12

M.5.Q.NF.5

Priority

Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing) by estimating whether a product will be larger or smaller than a given factor based on the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.

  1. a.Comparing 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.
  2. b.Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n x a)/(n x b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.

Common Core: 5.NF.B.5

Resources9 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks9

WIDA language connections2

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules
Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Generalize commonalities and differences across cases

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions II · Focused interim block, items 1*, 2*, 3, 11*

M.5.Q.NF.6

Efficiently and flexibly solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental and estimation strategies.

Common Core: 5.NF.B.6

Resources8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks8

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions I · Focused interim block, items 3, 5*, 8*, 10*, 11

M.5.Q.NF.7

Priority

Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions using fraction models and equations to represent the problem.

  1. a.Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3)÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) x 4 = 1/3.
  2. b.Interpret division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for 4 ÷ (1/5), and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that 4 ÷ (1/5) = 20 because 20 x (1/5) = 4.
  3. c.Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?

Common Core: 5.NF.B.7

Resources8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks8

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity
  • Analyzing problem-solving steps

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Multiply and Divide Fractions II · Focused interim block, items 4, 6, 8, 9

Number and Operations in Base Ten NBT

M.5.Q.NBT.3

Priority

Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

  1. a.Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).
  2. b.Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Common Core: 5.NBT.A.3

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Place Value System · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 11

M.5.Q.NBT.5

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately multiply multi-digit whole numbers using strategies or algorithms.

Common Core: 5.NBT.B.5

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals · Focused interim block, items 3, 4

Relationships R

Operations and Algebraic Thinking OA

M.5.R.OA.1

Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

Common Core: 5.OA.A.1

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Numerical Expressions · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 3, 14

M.5.R.OA.2

Write expressions that record calculations with numbers and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation “add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2” as 2 x (8+7). Recognize that 3 x (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.

Common Core: 5.OA.A.2

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Numerical Expressions · Focused interim block, items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Number and Operations in Base Ten NBT

M.5.R.NBT.1

Understand that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

Common Core: 5.NBT.A.1

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections2

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules
Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Generalize commonalities and differences across cases

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.R.NBT.2

Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10 and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole number exponents to denote powers of 10.

Common Core: 5.NBT.A.2

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.R.NBT.4

Use place value understanding of decimals to generate estimates to any place using a variety of estimation strategies.

Common Core: 5.NBT.A.4

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections2

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules
Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Generalize commonalities and differences across cases

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Place Value System · Focused interim block, items 5, 6

M.5.R.NBT.6

Priority

Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and connected to the relationship between multiplication and division including rectangular arrays, partial quotients, and/or area models.

Common Core: 5.NBT.B.6

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Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 5, 9, 12*

M.5.R.NBT.7

Priority

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

Common Core: 5.NBT.B.7

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Thinking tasks1

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals · Focused interim block, items 6, 7, 8, 10, 11*

Spatial Reasoning SR

Geometry G

M.5.SR.G.1

Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

Common Core: 5.G.A.1

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Geometry · Focused interim block, items 1, 4, 7, 10, 13

M.5.SR.G.2

Priority

Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

Common Core: 5.G.A.2

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce concept or entity
  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Geometry · Focused interim block, items 8*, 12*

M.5.SR.G.3

Demonstrate understanding that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.

Common Core: 5.G.B.3

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Geometry · Focused interim block, items 3, 6, 9, 11

M.5.SR.G.4

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on properties.

Common Core: 5.G.B.4

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Geometry · Focused interim block, items 2*, 5*

Measurement and Data MD

M.5.SR.MD.1

Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental and estimation strategies.

Common Core: 5.MD.A.1

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Convert Measurements · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6, 7*, 8, 9*, 10*, 11, 12, 13*

M.5.SR.MD.3

Identify volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.

  1. a.A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume.
  2. b.A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.

Common Core: 5.MD.C.3

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.5.SR.MD.4

Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

Common Core: 5.MD.C.4

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Analyzing problem-solving steps

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Volume Concepts · Focused interim block, items 1, 2, 6

M.5.SR.MD.5

Priority

Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.

  1. a.Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes, e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication.
  2. b.Apply the formulas V = l x w x h and V = b x 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.
  3. c.Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.

Common Core: 5.MD.C.5

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Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.4-5.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 4-5

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce concept or entity
  • Share solution with others
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem
  • State reasoning used to generate solution

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • Grade 5: Volume Concepts · Focused interim block, items 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 11*

Language demands

What these standards ask students to do with language, from OSPI's connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. Each standard's own connections are under its Resources. How the connections work.

Explain

16 standards

Accounting for how or why: how something works, why it happens, how a problem was solved.

Interpretive · listening, reading and viewing

8

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity×7
  • Analyzing problem-solving steps×3
Show the 8 standards

Expressive · speaking, writing and representing

8

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Share solution with others×7
  • Describe data and/or steps to solve problem×7
  • State reasoning used to generate solution×6
  • Introduce concept or entity×3
Show the 8 standards

Argue

14 standards

Taking a position, backing it with evidence and reasoning, and weighing other positions.

Interpretive · listening, reading and viewing

5

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Comparing conjectures with patterns, and/or rules×5
Show the 5 standards

Expressive · speaking, writing and representing

13

Construct mathematics arguments that…

Construct mathematical arguments that…

  • Create conjecture using definitions, patterns, and rules×12
  • Justify conclusions with patterns or rules×8
  • Generalize commonalities and differences across cases×4
  • Evaluate others' arguments×2
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Thinking tasks

19 Building Thinking Classrooms curricular tasks shared by teachers, filed the way the community's sheet files them. A task matched to one standard also appears under Resources on that standard.

Operations and Thinking (grouping symbols, patterns)3
Number and Operations in Base Ten 5.NBT1-43
Number and Operations in Base Ten 5.NBT.5-74
Numbers and Operations - Fractions5
Measurement & Data2
Whole-year resources2

From the BTC Curricular Math Task Sheet K-12, curated by the Building Thinking Classrooms community. Each link goes to the teacher's own file; all of them opened on Oct 14, 2026. Share a task

For families

OSPI's guide to Grade 5 Mathematics, in seven languages.

Standards text, priority flags, the Common Core crosswalk and the linked resources are published by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). PRISM is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by OSPI. The Standards for Mathematical Practice text is from the Common Core State Standards.

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