5th Grade Math

Important Skills

Misconceptions

Decimal place value
Multiplication understanding repeated addition, arrays, facts
Regrouping with addition and subtraction (especially with 0)
Number line understanding with decimals and fractions
Division symbol means “put the larger number as the dividend” 0.62/4
Subtracting with zero (regrouping)
Multiplication numbers give a larger product
Division numbers give a smaller quotient
“round down”
Fraction: ½ < 1/3 because 2 < 3
Fraction: “adding the tops and bottoms” 3/8 + 2/8= 5/16
Decimals: The more digits the larger the value

Division symbol means “put the larger number as the dividend” 0.62/4
Subtracting with zero (regrouping)
Multiplication numbers give a larger product
Division numbers give a smaller quotient
“round down”
Fraction: ½ < 1/3 because 2 < 3
Fraction: “adding the tops and bottoms” 3/8 + 2/8= 5/16
Decimals: The more digits the larger the value

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Mary Beth Catanzaro - Math

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