Common Core Math Resources Grades 3-5
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End of Grade Test
The chart below shows the percentages of questions represented in each section for grades 3-5 on the End of Grade test.
Domain
3rd
4th
5th
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
30-35%
12-17%
5-10%
Number and Operations in Base Ten
5-10%
22-27%
22-27%
Number and Operations Fractions
20-25%
27-32%
47-52%
Measurement and Data
22-27%
12-17%
10-15%
Geometry
10-15%
12-17%
2-7%
Smarter Balanced Practice Assessments (End of Grade Assessment for 2014-15) https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/
Examples
Below are a few examples of the standards grades 3-5. However, there are many standards covering each
concept and those additional examples and explanations can be found at:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/common-core-tools/#unmath (select: Unpacking Standards/Math)
Division
Multi-step
Multiplication
Multiplication
3rd Grade Examples
4th Grade Examples
Ramon eats 3 Oreo cookies every day.
How many cookies does he eat in a
week?
I bought 64 bags of candy. If each bag
has 15 pieces, how many total pieces of
candy are there?
There are 132 students in 5th grade. If
every 5th grader raises $22 in the
fundraiser, how much money will they
have earned?
Mike runs 2mi a day. After 5 days, how
many miles has he ran? If his goal is to
run 25mi, how many more days will he
need to run if he continues to run 2mi a
day?
Juan’s class is collecting water bottles for
a project. The goal is to collect 300
bottles of water. The 1st day 3 packs with
6 bottles in each are brought in. The 2nd
day 6 packs with 6 bottles in each are
brought in. About how many bottles of
water still need to be collected?
The bakery has 225 dozen chocolate
cupcakes and 150 dozen vanilla
cupcakes. About how many cupcakes
does the bakery have? Exactly how many
cupcakes does the bakery have?
There are 24 chairs in the room. If we
put 6 chairs at each table, how many
tables will need?
Write a word problem for 44 ÷ 6 in which
the answer would be:
7
7r2
8
There are 1, 716 students participating in
Field Day. They are put into teams of 16.
How many teams get created? If you
have left over students, what do you do
with them?
7
My sister ate
Fractions
5th Grade Examples
ate
2
8
3
8
of the pizza. My brother
of the pizza. How much pizza did
they eat together? How much was
leftover?
2
6
Trevor has 4
1
8
pizzas left over from his
party. After giving some of it to his friend
Mike, he has 2
4
8
pizza left. How much
pizza did Trevor give Mike?
A recipe for cake needs 1.25 cups of milk.
I need to bake 12 cakes for a party. What
is a good estimate of how much milk I will
need? Exactly how much milk will I
need?
Mathematical Practices of Successful Mathematicians:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in
repeated reasoning.