5th Grade Math (Alaska Standards)
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- State
- Alaska
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Standards
- Alaska Mathematics Standards
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
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The standards (our summaries)
Alaska's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
- 5.NBT.1 Know a digit is worth 10 times as much as one place to its right and 1/10 as much as one place to its left.
- 5.NBT.2 Explain patterns of zeros and decimal-point placement when multiplying or dividing by powers of 10; use whole-number exponents for powers of 10.
- 5.NBT.3 Read, write and compare decimals to thousandths.
- 5.NBT.4 Round decimals to any place.
- 5.NBT.5 Multiply multi-digit whole numbers fluently with the standard algorithm.
- 5.NBT.6 Divide up to four-digit numbers by two-digit numbers with place-value strategies, explained with equations, arrays or area models.
- 5.NBT.7 Do all four operations with decimals to hundredths using models and place-value strategies, linked to a written method.
Number and Operations—Fractions (NF)
- 5.NF.1 Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators by rewriting them with like denominators.
- 5.NF.2 Solve word problems adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators and check answers with benchmark fractions.
- 5.NF.3 Interpret a fraction as division (a/b = a ÷ b) and solve word problems whose answers are fractions or mixed numbers.
- 5.NF.4 Extend earlier work on multiplication to multiply whole numbers or fractions by a fraction.
- 5.NF.5 Understand multiplication as scaling (resizing).
- 5.NF.6 Solve real-world problems multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.
- 5.NF.7 Extend earlier work on division to unit fractions divided by whole numbers and the reverse.
Measurement and Data (MD)
- 5.MD.1 Convert between equivalent measures within the customary (English) and metric systems.
- 5.MD.2 Solve elapsed-time problems across world time zones. (being checked)
- 5.MD.3 Make line plots of measurements in halves, quarters and eighths and solve problems using fraction operations.
- 5.MD.4 Classify real-world data in graphs using mean and median. (being checked)
- 5.MD.5 Recognize volume as a property of solid shapes and understand how volume is measured.
- 5.MD.6 Measure volume by counting unit cubes (cubic cm, in, ft or improvised units).
- 5.MD.7 Connect volume to multiplication and addition and solve volume problems.
- a. Find the volume of a rectangular prism by packing with unit cubes and show it equals length × width × height or base area × height.
- b. Use the volume formulas (length × width × height, base area × height) for rectangular prisms in problems.
- c. Find volumes of solids made of two rectangular prisms by adding their volumes.
Geometry (G)
- 5.G.1 Understand the coordinate plane: perpendicular axes meeting at the origin, with points located by ordered pairs (x, y).
- 5.G.2 Graph points in the first quadrant to represent problems and interpret the coordinates in context.
- 5.G.3 Know attributes of a category of 2-D shapes belong to all its subcategories (e.g. all squares are rectangles, so have right angles).
- 5.G.4 Classify 2-D shapes in a hierarchy based on their properties.
Standards for Mathematical Practice (apply to every grade)
Standards for Mathematical Practice
- MP.1 Make sense of problems and keep going until they are solved. (being checked)
- MP.2 Reason with quantities both abstractly (symbols) and in context.
- MP.3 Build sound arguments and evaluate the reasoning of others.
- MP.4 Use mathematics to model real situations.
- MP.5 Choose and use tools wisely.
- MP.6 Be precise in language, symbols, units and calculation.
- MP.7 Look for structure and use it.
- MP.8 Notice repeated reasoning and turn it into general methods.
Tests and key dates
- Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) – ELA and math
Check the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates (we have not yet confirmed every detail above on the official site).
Official documents
- education.alaska.gov: math standards grade 5
- education.alaska.gov: adopted math
- education.alaska.gov: mathematics
- education.alaska.gov: english language arts
- education.alaska.gov: Adopted ELA
More packs
Common Core version: Grade 5 Math · Alaska hub · Find another TIP
Standards codes from the Alaska Mathematics Standards (Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, June 2012). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text – read the official wording: https://education.alaska.gov/standards
Codes are facts; the descriptions are our own short summaries, not the official text. Always check the official document.
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