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The 5th grade math student:

• Defines and identifies new math terms: quotient, dividend, numerator, and denominator .
• Uses addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication with fractions; identifies proper and improper fractions; and reduces fractions to lowest terms.
• Factors numbers from least to greatest, and finds the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and the Least Common Denominator (LCD) of fractions.
• Recognizes the place value of each digit in numbers up to thousands.
• Learns to represent and compare whole numbers and decimals.
• Learns the commutative properties of addition and multiplication and estimation. 
• Compares numbers, sentences, words, decimals, and fractions using > and < symbols.
• Defines and identifies prime numbers. 
• References charts, pictographs, and line graphs.
• Writes Roman numerals 1–399.
• Learns basic geometry—points, lines, rays, and angles; identifies geometric shapes; identifies similar and congruent figures; and finds the volume, perimeter, and area of figures . 
• Learns about probabilities and ratios.
• Processes simple unit conversions like centimeters to meters within a system of measurement