5th Grade Math (South Dakota Content Standards)
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- State
- South Dakota
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Standards
- South Dakota State Standards for Mathematics
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
New South Dakota math standards take effect in 2027-28; this page covers the current 2018 standards.
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The standards (our summaries)
South Dakota'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 each place is worth 10 times the place to its right.
- 5.NBT.2 Use patterns of zeros and decimal points when multiplying or dividing by powers of 10.
- 5.NBT.3a Read and write decimals to thousandths in several forms.
- 5.NBT.3b Compare decimals to thousandths using place value.
- 5.NBT.4 Round decimals to any place.
- 5.NBT.5 Multiply multi-digit whole numbers fluently.
- 5.NBT.6 Divide up to four-digit dividends by two-digit divisors.
- 5.NBT.7a Add and subtract decimals to hundredths and justify.
- 5.NBT.7b Multiply and divide decimals to hundredths and justify.
Number and Operations – Fractions (NF)
- 5.NF.1 Add and subtract unlike fractions and mixed numbers using equivalent fractions.
- 5.NF.2a Solve word problems adding and subtracting fractions of the same whole.
- 5.NF.2b Use benchmark fractions to estimate and check answers.
- 5.NF.3 Interpret a fraction as division and solve related word problems.
- 5.NF.4a Multiply fractions and whole numbers, interpreting products as parts of a partition.
- 5.NF.4b Find areas of rectangles with fractional side lengths.
- 5.NF.5a Compare the size of a product with a factor without multiplying.
- 5.NF.5b Explain how multiplying by a fraction greater or less than 1 changes a number.
- 5.NF.6 Solve real problems multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.
- 5.NF.7a Divide a unit fraction by a nonzero whole number.
- 5.NF.7b Divide a whole number by a unit fraction.
- 5.NF.7c Solve real problems dividing unit fractions and whole numbers.
Measurement and Data (MD)
- 5.MD.1 Convert customary and metric units and use conversions in multi-step problems.
- 5.MD.2a Solve problems using fractional data (halves, quarters, eighths) on line plots.
- 5.MD.2b Share out amounts shown on a line plot so they are equal.
- 5.MD.3a Know a unit cube has one cubic unit of volume.
- 5.MD.3b Know volume is the number of unit cubes that fill a solid.
- 5.MD.4 Measure volume by counting unit cubes.
- 5.MD.5a Find volume by packing prisms with cubes and relate it to base area times height.
- 5.MD.5b Show three-factor products as volumes.
- 5.MD.5c Find volume with length times width times height, or base area times height.
- 5.MD.5d Add volumes of non-overlapping prisms to find a total.
Geometry (G)
- 5.G.1 Use perpendicular axes and ordered pairs to locate points on a coordinate plane.
- 5.G.2 Graph first-quadrant points and interpret coordinates in context.
- 5.G.3 Know attributes of a category of shapes also apply to its subcategories.
- 5.G.4 Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy by their properties.
Tests and key dates
- SD-SA (South Dakota State Assessment) (official page)
Check the South Dakota Department of Education 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
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Standards codes from the South Dakota State Standards for Mathematics (SDDOE). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by SDDOE.
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