5th Grade Math : 5th Grade Math

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for 5th Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : 5th Grade Math

What is  in standard form? 

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Explanation:

The power of  tells us how to move our decimal. Because we have a positive  power, we move our decimal over  places to the right. 

Example Question #1 : Number Sense

What digit is in the hundredths place? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we have numbers that include decimals, the tenths place is always the first number to the right of the decimal, the hundredths place is to the right of the tenths place, and the thousandths place is to the right of the hundredths place. See the diagram below:

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For the number in the problem:

 

The  is in the hundredths position. 

Example Question #2 : 5th Grade Math

What is  in expanded form? 

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Explanation:

When we write a number in expanded form, we multiply each digit by its place value. 

 is in the ones place, so we multiply by 

 is in the tenths place, so we multiply by 

 is in the hundredths place, so we multiply by .

Then we add the products together to check our answer: 

Thus, the correct answer is: 

Example Question #1 : Operations

Solve:

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Explanation:

When we multiply fractions, we multiply the numerator by the numerator and the denominator by the denominator. 

 can be reduced to  by dividing both sides by 

Example Question #2 : Operations

Solve: 

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Explanation:

When solving this problem, remember order of operations PEMDAS. The parentheses come first, followed by the multiplication, and then the division.

 

Example Question #3 : Operations

Heather collected  of a bag of leaves. Matt collected  times as many bags as Heather. How many bags did Matt collect? 

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Explanation:

When we multiply a fraction by a whole number, we first want to make the whole number into a fraction. We do that by putting the whole number over  Then we multiply like normal. 

 Because  can go into  only  time and  is left over. 

Matt collected  bags of leaves. 

Example Question #4 : Operations

Solve:

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Explanation:

When solving this problem, remember order of operations PEMDAS. The parentheses come first followed by the multiplication, and then the addition. 

Example Question #3 : 5th Grade Math

What coordinate point is the red circle on? 


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Explanation:

To find the location on a coordinate plane we first look at the -axis, which runs horizontal and then the -axis, which runs vertical. We write the point on the -axis first, followed by the point on the -axis. 

The red circle is over  on the -axis and up  on the -axis. 

The correct answer is 

Example Question #1 : Measurement

How many  are in 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem we can make proportions.

We know that  and we can use  as our unknown. 

Next, we want to cross multiply and divide to isolate the  on one side. 

The  will cancel and we are left with 

Example Question #4 : 5th Grade Math

What is the volume of the shape below? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is 

We can use this formula and plug in the value from the question:

Remember, volume is always labeled as units to the third power. 

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