Working toward the goals of the Essential Learnings in mathematics, each fifth grader will understand concepts and apply procedures in the following areas:

Number Sense:

• Computes whole numbers, positive decimals, and simple fractions using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, exponents and percentages.
• Selects and uses tools appropriately.
• Compares, sequences and orders numbers.
• Explores number theory (divisibility, factors).
• Recognizes ratio and proportion.
• Estimates to determine reasonableness.
• Analyzes and explains computations procedures.

Measurement:

• Measures objects and events.
• Recognizes metric and standard units to measure length, volume, weight, area, capacity, perimeter, temperature....).
• Recognizes appropriate units of measure.
• Explores a variety of measurement instruments (ruler, compass, protractor...).
• Uses estimation as a skill to approximate measurement and to check answers.

Spatial Sense:

• Identifies 2-dimensional figures (circles, polygons...).
• Discusses relationships between solids and shapes.
• Recognizes properties of plane geometry.
• Explores symmetry and congruency.
• Understands and constructs simple transformations (slides, turns, flips).
• Explores use of compass and protractor.
• Identifies basic geometric vocabulary (point, line, plane, parallel, perpendicular, angle). 

Probability and Statistics:

• calculates numerical measures of uncertainty for simple events.
• Counts outcomes to determine probabilities.
• Explores how statistics can be use to support different points of view.
• Begins to identify and describe a random sample of a population.
• Organizes and displays simple data in tables, charts and graphs.
• Begins to explore validity of data.
• Recognizes mean, median, mode, and range.
• Recognizes outcomes of repeated random events.
• Understands how to conduct experiments.
• Understands and makes simple inferences based results of experiments.
• Predicts outcomes of simple activities and compares the predictions to results of experiments.

Functions & Relationships:

• Rcognizes patterns and sequences using functions, tables, graphs and charts.
• Describes equalities and inequalities (<, >) using symbols
• Recognizes variables in simple equations, inequalities and formulas.