TN Curriculum

TN 5th Grade Math Curriculum

Give your child the support they need to keep up with Tennessee's 5th grade math curriculum. Every strand is covered, from fractions and decimals to volume and coordinate planes.

5th Grade Math

About 5th Grade Tennessee math

Tennessee follows the Tennessee Academic Standards for math, organized around number sense, operations, fractions, measurement, data, and geometry. In 5th grade, students work on place value and decimals to thousandths, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, multiplying and dividing fractions, volume of solid figures, and graphing on a coordinate plane. StudyPug provides video lessons and practice problems matched to each of these strands so your child gets targeted help exactly where they need it.

  • Strands covered: operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, fractions, measurement and data, and geometry
  • Video lessons for every 5th grade Tennessee math topic
  • Practice problems and step-by-step explanations after each lesson
  • Content aligned to the Tennessee Academic Standards for 5th grade math

Curriculum topics by strand

Find lessons and practice for every 5th grade topic, aligned to the Tennessee Academic Standards.

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Tennessee 5th Grade Math Topics

  • Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Using parentheses and brackets in numerical expressions, writing and interpreting expressions, and generating and graphing numerical patterns using rules.
  • Number and Operations in Base Ten: Place value relationships, powers of 10, reading and writing decimals to thousandths, rounding decimals, multiplying multi-digit whole numbers, and dividing with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors.
  • Number and Operations - Fractions: Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, solving word problems with fractions, interpreting fractions as division, multiplying fractions and mixed numbers, and dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.
  • Measurement and Data: Converting measurement units within a system, making line plots with fractional measurements, and understanding and measuring volume using unit cubes and formulas.
  • Geometry: Using a coordinate system with perpendicular axes, graphing points in the first quadrant, and classifying two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on their properties.

How StudyPug Helps Tennessee 5th Grade Math Students

When a student gets stuck on a concept like multiplying fractions or calculating volume, StudyPug lets them go back to exactly that topic and work through a video lesson and practice problems at their own pace. Parents can check in on progress and see which strands need more attention. Explore our grade 5 math help to see the full topic list, or try a grade 5 math practice test to find gaps before the TCAP.

Students who want to review skills from the previous year can also revisit the TN grade 4 math curriculum to fill in any missing foundations before moving forward.

Aligned to Tennessee 5th Grade Math Curriculum

All lessons and practice problems on StudyPug are built around the Tennessee Academic Standards for 5th grade math, so everything your child works on connects directly to what their teacher is covering in class - from decimal place value in the fall to coordinate geometry in the spring.

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Last updated June 5, 2026

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