FAST Math Grade 5 case studies
FAST Math Grade 5 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
FAST Mathematics Grade 5 is Florida's statewide progress-monitoring assessment in mathematics for fifth graders, part of the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST). It is taken by students in Florida public schools, including charter schools, and by many students in private or home-school settings who participate in state testing. The test measures the Florida Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for grade 5, so it reflects what students should know by the end of the year rather than a fixed national syllabus. Content spans whole-number and decimal number sense, fraction operations, algebraic thinking with expressions and patterns, geometry and measurement (including volume), data analysis and probability, and the mathematical practices that cut across all of these. The FAST Math Grade 5 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,243 words.
1Ranking Masses on a Scale That Overreports Precision
During a fifth-grade science unit on mass, three teams weigh their rock samples on a digital scale that displays mass to the nearest thousandth of a kilogram. Team A's tray reads 2.48 kg, Team B's tray reads 2.408 kg, and Team C's tray reads 2.5 kg.
596 words, about 3 min2The Kraft Paper Roll: Diagnosing a Fraction Multiplication Error
The art teacher has one 6-yard roll of kraft paper for lining display shelves. Each shelf needs 5/8 yard of paper, and there are 7 shelves to line.
648 words, about 3 min3Two Reading-Challenge Rules and the Expression That Misses Week 1
A school library runs a reading-incentive chart. Room 12 reads 14 books as a class in week 1, then reads 9 more books each week than in the week before.
653 words, about 3 min4Raised Planter Boxes: Removing a Corner and Filling Below the Rim
A community garden committee is building two raised planter boxes from frames that are 1.5 feet tall. Box 1 has a rectangular base 6 feet by 4 feet.
697 words, about 3 min5The Spinner Booth: Reading 80 Spins and Rescuing a Prize Budget
The fifth grade runs a coin-spinner booth at the spring fair. The spinner has four unequal sectors: red covers 1/2 of the circle, blue 1/4, green 1/8, and yellow 1/8.
649 words, about 3 min