By the end of fifth grade, students increase their facility with the four basic arithmetic operations applied to positive and negative numbers, fractions and decimals.
Students know the concept of angle measurement and use a protractor and compass in solving problems.
They use grids, tables, graphs, and charts to record and analyze data. They understand the relative magnitudes of numbers. Students identify, describe, draw and classify properties of, and relationships between, plane and solid geometric figures. Analyze problems by identifying relationships, discriminating relevant from irrelevant information, sequencing and prioritizing and observing patterns Determine when and how to break a problem into simpler parts Students use strategies, skills and concepts in finding solutions. Indicate the relative advantages of exact and approximate solutions to problems and give answers to a specified degree of accuracy Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results from the context of the problem Students move beyond a particular problem by generalizing to other situations.