Click on the grade level below to see the mathematical terms all students should know by the end of the year.
Since it's cumulative, students at the end of fifth grade should be familiar with the entire list.
| area | line | organized data |
| closed figures | nonstandard units of measurement | pattern |
| equation | number sentence | perimeter |
| labels (for a graph) | number line | side |
| length | operation | whole numbers |
| algebraic rule | metric units | symbolic representation of numbers |
| concrete representation of numbers | probability | symmetry |
| congruent | reflection | transformation |
| customary units | relation | translation |
| flip | rotation | turn |
| indirect measure | slide | unorganized data |
| likelihood | standard unit of measure | weight |
| angle | median | right angle |
| area | mode | rule |
| capacity | multiples | scales |
| direct measure | place value | spatial relationships |
| estimation | plane | symbolic expressions |
| explain in words | plane figure | variable |
| inequality | range of a set of numbers | volume |
| mean | relative size |
| acute angles | effects of operations | grid |
| axes | expressions | polygon |
| composite | factor | prime numbers |
| decimal number | fraction | ratio |
| base | percent | similarity |
| equivalent forms of a number | point | straight angle |
| line segment | ray | tree diagram |
| obtuse angle | scale model | vertex |
| parallel lines | vertical angles |
| extrapolate | evaluate an expression | function |
| slope |
Since it's cumulative,
students at the end of fifth grade
should be familiar with the entire list.