Fifth Grade Math Activities

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Wondering how to help your child get a handle on prime numbers? Turn her into a prime number hunter with this hundreds chart activity.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!

In this version of the classic card game, students will gain an understanding of equivalents and may not even realize it's a math review!

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and let her apply math skills in a real-world situation.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!