Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 5th Grade
1. Find all the
different ways you
can divide a deck of
cards into equal
amounts with no
cards left over.
Write division
sentences to show
the different ways
you found.
8. Name some
capital letters that
when printed have at
least one pair of
parallel lines. Did
you find any that
have two pair of
parallel lines?
2. What number am
I? I am > 3,449 and
I am < 3,502. I have
a 1 in my ones place
and a zero in my
tens place. Create
your own number
riddle.
15. Mia drank 3
quarts of water at
the playground.
How many more 8
oz. cups does she
need to drink to
make a gallon? How
many more total
ounces is that?
16. What number
am I? The digits in
my number are 3, 8,
4, and 1. I am odd.
I have a 4 in my
hundreds place. I
am less than 2,000.
Create your own
riddle.
22. Look at the
stripes on the
American Flag.
What fraction
represents the
number of red
stripes? What
fraction represents
the number of white
stripes?
23. Draw a picture to
11
show . What
4
mixed numeral is
11
another name for ?
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9. Make a meter
stick out of materials
around your home
using a ruler as a
benchmark. What
can you find that is 1
meter long?
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3. Write two
different number
sentences that are
equal to 48. Each
number sentence
must contain the four
operations (addition,
subtraction,
multiplication, and
division).
10. Start with 3,542.
Add 100 more.
Subtract 50. Add 8.
What’s your
number? Is this a
square number?
Make your own
number problem.
17. Find the area of
your bedroom floor.
What room in your
house could have
twice the area of
your bedroom? Half
the area of your
bedroom? Check.
24. Round each of
the following
numbers to the
nearest hundred.
7,342
959
8,099
5,043
439
562
4. A cantaloupe
weighs 56 ounces.
There are 16 ounces
in a pound. How
many pounds does
the cantaloupe
weigh?
5. Linda is going to
have new flooring put
in her bedroom. If
her bedroom is 8 feet
by 10 feet how many
square feet of flooring
will be needed?
What is the perimeter
of Linda’s bedroom?
6. Imagine you are
sharing 1 giant
cookie among
yourself and 5
friends. If you
share it fairly, what
fraction will each
friend receive?
7. Ben has 6 square
tiles. Each tile has a
width of 8 inches.
He lays the tiles
down in a long row.
What is the
perimeter of the row
of tiles?
11. Jose swam 3
laps each day and
Micah swam four
times as many laps
as Jose each day.
How many laps did
Micah swim in 7
days?
12. Sophia runs
twice as fast as her
friend Mia. If Mia
runs 3 mph, how long
will it take Sophia to
run 6 miles? 9 miles?
13. What number
is 10 more than
4,492? What
number is 300 more
than 4,830? What
number is 500 more
than 4,654?
18. A tree was
planted 36 years
before 1971. How
old is the tree in the
year 2010? How old
will this tree be when
you graduate from
high school?
19. Make the largest
and the smallest
numbers you can
using 4, 1, 7, 8, 5 and
2. Find their
difference and their
sum.
20. Go on a 3-D
scavenger hunt.
How many
cylinders, pyramids,
cubes, rectangular
prisms, and cones
can you find today?
Create a table with
your data.
14. Tyler sent a
package with one 60
cent stamp, four 32
cent stamps, three
25 cent stamps, and
four one cent
stamps. What was
the total postage on
the package?
21. Determine the
pattern. What
comes next in each
pattern?
1, 1, 2, 4, 7, _____
25. How many lines
of symmetry does a
circle have? Explain
your thinking.
26. Draw your own
comic strip about
time.
27. Design a
symmetrical robot
that would do your
math homework for
you. Describe what
function keys your
robot would have.
4, 9, 16, 25, _____
49, 64
Make your own
pattern.
28. A student said
that ¾ and 5/6 are
the same size
because they both
have one piece
missing. Do you
agree? Explain.
Draw a picture to
explain your answer.
Summer Math Activities for Students Entering 5th Grade
1. Your summer
camp is going to a
Bluefish baseball
game. If there are
33 kids and 6 kids fit
in each van, how
many vans do you
need to take?
2. If vowels cost
$15 each and
consonants cost
$50 each, write a
word that would
cost $230 to build.
8. Symmetry is all
around us in nature
and in our home.
Find 5 items that
have at least one
line of symmetry.
9. Find a recipe
for a favorite food
such as chocolate
chip cookies. Write
down the fractions
and mixed
numbers in order
from least to
greatest.
16. Write a word
problem whose
answer is 154.
Have someone
solve the problem.
15. Mark is making
a stained glass
window. He put two
pieces of stained
glass. The pieces
have angle
measures of 73
and 58. What is
the total measure of
the angle formed by
the two pieces?
22. Jackie
volunteers at a food
bank. There are
2,846 meals to give
away to needy
families. Each family
is allowed 4 meals.
How many families
will receive meals?
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23. What is the
missing digit in this
equation:
3. Count the
number of
televisions and
phones you have in
your home. Tell as
much as you can
about the number.
(prime/composite,
multiples, factors).
10. Make a set of
flash cards of
multiplication facts.
Practice your facts
with a friend.
4. Write and solve
a summer story
problem for 15 x 8.
5. Measure your
height. How many
inches are you?
6. Make three
different arrays to
show the factor
pairs of 16.
11. Identify and
classify angles:
acute (less than
90°) obtuse (greater
than 90° ), right
(90°) in everyday
things (buildings,
bridges, furniture…)
12. Write down the
numbers you see
on 2 license plates.
Create 4 math
problems with these
numbers.
13. Would you
rather have your
height be made of a
stack of nickels or
quarters, lined up
end to end? How
much would you be
worth?
17. Kate’s garden
is in the shape of a
square with a
perimeter of 32
feet. What is the
area of her garden?
18. Round 756,072
to the nearest
hundred. Write a
number that is
greater than
756,072 that rounds
to that same
number.
19. Write a fraction
and a decimal for
the model shown.
24. What are the
missing multiples:
6, ___, ___, 24, 30,
36, ___, 48, ____
25. Ray has a pizza
divided into 8
slices. He ate 3
slices. Kate has a
pizza that same
size but she at ¼ of
the pizza. Who ate
more pizza?
26. Measure your
garden hose in feet.
About how many
yards is this? (Hint:
3 feet make a yard)
20. Find the
starting time of a
movie. If it takes
you 20 minutes to
drive to the theater
and 25 minutes to
get your ticket and
popcorn, what time
should you leave
your home in order
to be seated before
the movie begins?
27. Draw a design
using symmetry
7. Aaron is planting
a garden in his
backyard. The
length of the garden
is 6 feet and width
is 9 feet. What is
the area of the
garden? What is
the perimeter?
14. Place a plastic
bowl on the floor
and stand 20 steps
away. Toss a coin
in the bowl and
record how many
times it lands inside
it. Express this as a
fraction. Repeat.
21. Using an empty
milk carton and a
measuring cup,
determine how
many cups make a
gallon. How many
cups would you
need to fill 8
gallons?
28. If a water bottle
45
holds
liters of
100
water, how many
water bottles can
9
you fill with liters
10
of water?