Name ______________________
Math Menu: Grade 5
Directions: Choose ONE activity below to complete. Write the box number you complete on the NTI
Student Checklist. Cross off each box as you complete it. Return any work you do to your teacher.
1. Word Problem Challenge
Julio is 36 years old, and
James is 11 years old. In how
many years will Julio’s age be
twice James’s age?
Aaron and Henry had 52
grapes. If Aaron ate 11 grapes
and gave 5 grapes to Henry,
he would have 19 fewer
grapes than Henry. How many
grapes did Henry have in the
beginning?
In a shop, there are 25
bicycles and tricycles. There
are 63 wheels in all. Find the
number of bicycles and
tricycles in the shop.
There are 20 more apples in
Basket A than Basket B. Mr.
Faulkner transferred 50 apples
from Basket B to Basket A.
There were 3 times as many
apples in Basket A as in
Basket B. How many apples
were there altogether?
Mrs. Piatt bought 500 markers
for her students. She gave 8
markers to each girl and 10
markers to each boy. After
giving the markers to all the
boys and 12 girls, she had 54
markers left. How many more
boys than girls were there?
Susan has 3 times as many
stamps as Evan and 50 more
stamps than Katie. They have
972 stamps altogether. How
many more stamps does Katie
have than Evan?
5.MP.1, 5.MP.7
2. What’s the Shape
Put together the clues to
guess the shape.
• This one is heavy.
• It is long, slim, and 3-D...
• It is flat on top and round
along the length.
• I love a difficult shape.
• Let me count the sides…..3,
4, 5, 6…….
• Oh, wait, here’s 7 and 8.
• This one is easy.
• It has 4 sides and it’s flat.
• Two are parallel and the
other two are sloping.
• The top parallel side is
shorter than the bottom one.
• One of my favorites.
• This shape is 2-D and only
has 3 corners.
• It has a right angle on one
corner.
• This shape is a hard one.
• It’s a polyhedron.
• It has 6 faces and 12 edges.
• This shape is 2-D.
• The top and bottom lines are
parallel.
• The corner angles are not
right angles.
• There are 4 sides and all are
of equal length.
• Here’s the last shape.
• Another 2-D shape.
• It has curves.
• It has a longer side between
the curved ends.
5.MP.4
3. WP Challenge #2
4. Menu Math
There are 26 boys on the
gymnastics team who work
with either the parallel bars or
rings. Twelve students work
on the parallel bars and four
students work with both
parallel bars and rings. How
many students work only on
rings?
Tasty Tropical Treats
Tall Sundae………..$2.19
Tropical Sundae..…$2.29
Sundown Sundae...$2.39
Pink Surprise……....$2.35
Banana Split……….$3.67
Extra Nuts………….$0.32
Extra Whipped
Cream………………$0.45
The girls’ gymnastics team
works on either the uneven
bars or balance beam. There
are eight students who work
only on the uneven bars. Six
students work only on the
balance beam. Two girls work
on both the uneven bars and
balance beam. How many
students are on the
gymnastics team?
Which items could you
purchase with 5 quarters, 4
dimes, and 3 nickels?
Ruth took a survey of fifth
graders to find out which ones
like to jump rope or play on
the monkey bars at recess.
She found that 15 students
like to jump rope and 17
students like to play on the
monkey bars. An additional 7
students like to do both. How
many students are in her
class?
Your school is trying to pick a
new mascot. The choices are
panther or tiger. Altogether, 75
students voted for panthers,
tigers, or both. A total of 28
students voted just for
panthers, and 12 students like
both the panther and the tiger.
How many voted just for
tigers?
What change would you
receive if you used a $5.00 bill
to buy a banana split?
I paid exactly $4.54 for two
items. What did I buy?
With only $5.00, what
combinations of two sundaes
could you buy?
I paid $6.34 for 3 items. What
did I buy?
What other three items could
be purchased with
$7.00?
Spencer ordered a Banana
Split with extra nuts and
whipped cream. How much
does his snack cost?
5.MP.3
5.MP.1, 5.MP.2
Name ______________________
Math Menu: Grade 5
Directions: Choose ONE activity below to complete. Write the box number you complete on the NTI
Student Checklist. Cross off each box as you complete it. Return any work you do to your teacher.
5. Finding Fractions
*dice
Roll the dice to create and
record a fraction that satisfies
one of the listed descriptions.
For example: 3 and 5 would
be ⅗ for “greater than 1/2 “or
as 5/3 for an “improper
fraction.”
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
equals one half
is less than one
is greater than one
cannot be reduced
is less than one half
is greater than one half
equals one
equals one third
is greater than three fourths
equals two thirds
is greater than one third and
less than one
Repeat this activity 3-5 times.
Record your thinking.
5.MP.7
9. Producing Products
*set of digit cards (1-9)
Randomly draw four cards and
display the four digits. Use
three or four of the displayed
digits to create a multiplication
problem with a product that
meets the following criteria.
For example: 1, 5, 8 and 3
Product between 200 and
500 Answers: 83 x 5,
85 x 3, 53 x 8 and 158 x 3
How can you produce a
product that is….
• a 3-digit even number?
• a number less than 200?
• a number greater than 500?
• an odd number under 400?
• contains repeating digits?
• a 4-digit number?
5.MP.8, 5.MP.6
6. Basketball Game
7. Fractional Words
The Eagles made 112 points
in the final basketball game of
the season.
Use fraction clues to identify a
secret word.
• Andrew made ⅝ of those
points.
• Peter made 58 points less
than Andrew.
• Jack made half as many
points as Peter.
• Max made ⅛ of the points.
• Forrest made 4 more points
than Jack.
How many points did each boy
score?
Andrew_________
Peter___________
Jack___________
Max___________
Forrest_________
5.MP.6
10. Alphabet Soup
Each set of initials stands for
the same thing the number
equals.
12 = I in a F (inches in a foot)
5 = D in a ZC _________
52 = C in a D _________
60 = S in a M _________
26 = L in the A _______
7 = D in a W _________
365 = D in a Y _______
24 = H in a D _________
4 = Q in a G __________
9 = P in the S S _______
50 = S on the U.S. F ___
90 = D in a R A _______
11 = P on a FT________
12 = M in a Y _________
9 = I in a BG ________
5.MP.3, 5.MP.6
Use the first ⅜ of textbook and
the last ⅔ of was to identify a
state.
Use ¾ of mark and the last ½
of each to identify a month.
Use ⅔ of log and ⅖ of frame
to identify an amphibian.
Use ¾ of away and ⅓ of
submarine to identify a means
of transportation.
Use ⅔ of sister and ⅗ of
among to identify a scary
creature.
5.MP.7
11. Combinations
Your school is having a Bright
Color Day and each day you
will wear two arm bands in two
of the following colors: red,
blue, yellow, green, black,
white, orange, brown, pink and
purple. You and your
classmates are trying to find
out how many combinations
there are.
Your family is going to try the
new restaurant in town. They
have an omelet bar and
everyone will be able to order
an omelet with their favorite
fillings. The filling choices for
omelets are: cheese,
mushrooms, peppers, ham,
bacon, broccoli, onions and
tomato. How many different
combinations did you find?
5.MP.5, 5.MP.1
8. Guess the Number
Wendy found a small jar with
pennies and counted them,
and then challenged her
brother Craig to guess how
many pennies she had. She
gave him some clues to help
out.
• The number of pennies is
between 70 and 100. You
can divide the pennies
equally into groups of 5.
• If you divide the pennies into
groups of 4, there will be 3
pennies left over.
• If you divide the pennies into
groups of 6 or 9, there will
be 5 left over.
• If you divide the pennies into
groups of 10, there will be 5
left over.
How many pennies are in the
jar?
5.MP.8
12. Girls Day Out
Five girls, Amber, Sarah,
Rachel, Kayla, and Elizabeth,
went out to lunch. One of the
girls ordered a fish sandwich;
one ordered a chicken
sandwich; one ordered a
cheeseburger; one ordered a
burrito; and the other girl
ordered tacos.
Clues:
• Amber had a fish sandwich
or tacos.
• Sarah didn’t have a fish
sandwich or a burger.
• Rachel had tacos or a fish
sandwich.
• Kayla didn’t eat a burger or
tacos.
• Elizabeth had a burger or
tacos.
• If Elizabeth had a burger,
Rachel had the fish.
• But if Elizabeth had a burrito
then Kayla had a chicken
sandwich.
5.MP.1