CCSS Number and Operations in Base Ten
Unpacking the Standards
Grade 5

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Standard:5.NBT.1Cluster (m)

Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • ID relationship between place values
  • Be able to express place values as x10 and x 1/10 (i.e. 50=5x10, 500 x 1/10)
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  • Base ten blocks
  • Attaching cubes
  • Numberlines
  • Place value mats/charts
  • Money:Help students make connections between the number of each type of coin and the value of each coin, and the expanded form of the number. Build on the understanding that it always takes ten of the number to the right to make the number to the left.
  • Random number generators:have students roll three number cubes, then create the largest and small number to the thousandths place. Ask students to represent the number with numerals and words
  • Comparison:make all numbers have the same number of digits to the right of the decimal point by adding zeros to the number, such as 0.500, 0.120, 0.009 and 0.499. A second method is to use a place-value chart to place the numerals for comparison.

Standard:5.NBT.2Cluster (m)

Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • Multiplying by 10 moves the decimal to the right
  • Dividing by 10 moves the decimal to the left
  • exponent above the 10 indicates how many places the decimal point is moving
  • experiences working with connecting the pattern of the number of zeros in the product when you multiply by powers of 10
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  • Base ten blocks
  • 10x10 grids
  • Numberlines
  • Place value charts
  • Multiple experiences building out patterns such as:
36 x 10 = 36 x 101 = 360
36 x 10 x 10 = 36 x 102 = 3600
36 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 36 x 103 = 36,000
36 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 36 x 104 = 360,000
  • Multiple experiences explaining why this makes sense:
*I noticed that every time, I multiplied by 10, I added a zero to the end of the number. That makes sense because each digit’s value became 10 times larger. To make a digit 10 times larger, I have to move it one place value to the left. *When I multiplied 36 by 10, the 30 became 300. The 6 became 60 or the 36 became 360. So I had to add a zero at the end to have the 3 represent 3 one-hundreds (instead of 3 tens) and the 6 represents 6 tens (instead of 6 ones). / Math Read Aloud: On Beyond a Million by David M. Schwartz
On Beyond a Million Lesson Plan:

Standard:5.NBT.3Cluster (m)

Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

  1. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 x (1/100) + 2 x (1/1000)
  2. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • Read decimals
  • Write decimals
  • Compare decimals
  • Use <,>,= to express comparisons
  • Know when comparing decimals the larger number may not be the larger number
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  • Base ten blocks
  • Place value charts
  • Grids
  • Money
  • numberlines
/ Representing Decimals with Base Ten Blocks:

Representing Decimals Different Ways:

Hunt for Decimals:

Comparing Decimals:

Standard:5.NBT.4 Cluster (m)

Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • understand place value to the thousandth
  • understand how to round to a given place
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  • numerous experiences using a number line. When rounding a decimal to a given place, students may identify the two possible answers, and use their understanding of place value to compare the given number to the possible answers
/ Rounding Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth:

Standard:5.NBT.5 Cluster (m)

Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • use facts/procedures to multiply flexibly, accurately, efficiently
  • use facts and previously learned patterns
  • use standard algorithm
**Note: Do not hold places within a problem with an “X”
36
X24
144
72X
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  • Recipe for standard algorithm
  • Diagram algorithm
  • Math journals
  • Daily practice
  • Be able to explain
  • Error analysis
  • Grid paper
  • Place value charts
/ Make the Largest/smallest product:

Standard:5.NBT.6 Cluster (m)

Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • division with four digit dividends and 2 digit divisors
  • how to use place value in dividing using an algorithm
  • how to use an area model or make a rectangular array to solve for division
  • expose students to problems where the divisor is the number of groups and where the divisor is the size of the groups
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  • Recipe/anchors for: standard algorithm, area model, rectangular array, stacking method
  • Base 10 blocks
/ Math Read Alouds:
Divide and Ride by Stuart J Murphy
A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes
Division Strategy Partial Quotients:

Division Strategy Partition the Dividend:

Division Strategy Multiplying Up

Estimating Quotients

Standard:5.NBT.7 Cluster (m)

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

Essential Skills/Concepts / Teaching Notes/Strategies / Resources
  • add decimals to the hundredths
  • sub decimals to the hundredths
  • X decimals to the hundredths
  • Divide decimals to the hundredths
  • Understand place value
  • Use concrete models and pictorial representations
  • Explain reasoning using pictures or models
  • Line up decimal points where necessary
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  • Recipes/anchors for how to show your thinking
  • Draw models
  • Base ten blocks
  • Grids
  • Rectangular arrays
  • Area models
  • numberline
/ Homework Activity- Decimals of the Week:

Base Ten Pictures with Decimals:

Base Ten Buildings with Decimals:

Base Ten Decimal Bag Addition:

Base Ten Decimal Bag Subtraction:

Decimal Magic Triangle: