CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B
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Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
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Standards in This Cluster
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B.5
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B.6
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 op...
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B.7
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and...
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What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students calculate with multi-digit whole numbers using multiplication and division. They also add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals through the hundredths place using models, place value, and written methods.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit whole numbers and decimals through hundredths. They choose a workable method, show organized steps, and use estimation to check answers.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may misalign decimal points or treat decimals like whole numbers. They may place multiplication products incorrectly, misread remainders, or forget placeholder zeros in division.
How to Assess It
- Give an exit ticket: solve 4,208 × 36, 6,552 ÷ 24, 18.75 + 6.4, and 7.2 × 0.5. Require one estimate to check reasonableness.
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Ways to Teach It
Use base-ten blocks and hundredths grids to model 3.6 + 1.27, then connect the model to a written calculation.
Compare two solutions for 1,248 ÷ 24, then write which method is clearer and how multiplication verifies the quotient.
Play Operation Target by drawing number cards, building multi-digit numbers, and choosing operations to get closest to a target.
Use a grocery receipt to calculate a total, find change from $50, and determine the cost of buying three identical items.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.3
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
- CCSS.Math.Content.4.NBT.B
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
- CCSS.Math.Content.3.NBT.A.3
Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10—90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations...
- CCSS.Math.Content.3.NBT.A
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
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