Common Core standard

Activities for 5.MD

Real-world activities aligned to this standard.

Lots of Cranberries
Lots of Cranberries

 The harvest must be nearing completion now and growers are selling their product to make cranberry juice, jelly, sauce, and of course, fresh berries in time for...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 5–8
Total lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse

On the morning of November 8, 2022, many of us will be able to see the last full lunar eclipse until March 2025. Luckily, many of us will...

Geometry Math and Science Grades 4–HS
Willy Makeit or Betty Wont
Willy Makeit or Betty Wont

I have to go to the bathroom pretty badly. I have to admit that I have been holding it in for a while. Finally! I see a bathroom...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–6
How old are you?
How old are you?

We usually give our ages in years, but that isn't very precise is it? In this activity students find their age in days, hours and minutes. First students...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this...

Number Sense Sports Grades 3–HS
2 New Macy's Parade balloons
2 New Macy's Parade balloons

As the Macy's Parade returns to public viewing, here are two balloons that Macy's artists have added. Can you figure out their dimensions? Macy's give their dimensions in...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Just ONE hot dog
Just ONE hot dog

A newly released nutritional and environmentally sustainable study shows that eating just one hot dog can take 36 minutes off your total healthy lifespan. How many would you...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
What is Juneteenth?
What is Juneteenth?

You can appreciate why this is such a great celebration when you look at the stages and some of the events and dates of America moving towards freedom...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS
AQI - Air Quality Index
AQI - Air Quality Index

The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate matter, dangerous ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide there is in the world's atmosphere at any one...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 5–HS
It's tick time again ... and Lyme disease
It's tick time again ... and Lyme disease

With the start of summer and wonderful outdoor activities, it might be good to examine the growth of Lyme disease and to recognize its carrier, the deer tick....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–7
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent

Shoprite is the largest supermarket chain in Africa. The company is presently engaged in increasing their use of solar power to harness the abundant natural resource of solar...

Algebra Geometry Grades 4–7
Man paid in 500 pounds of greasy pennies!
Man paid in 500 pounds of greasy pennies!

A man from Georgia, Andreas Flaten, finally received his last paycheck from his disgruntled employer. He had been owed that last check for several months and was having...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–7