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Grade 5 PARCC Practice Test

Fifth grade math weighted like the PARCC blueprint, from decimals to modeling, printed on paper or answered on screen.

In the number 4.474, how does the value of the 4 in the tenths place compare with the value of the 4 in the thousandths place?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with New Meridian, CCSSO or any state that has given PARCC tests. Bank checked October 12, 2026.

The real test: PARCC math, grade 5

Task types
Type I: concepts, skills and procedures, machine scored. Type II: mathematical reasoning. Type III: modeling and application.
Scored tasks, short form
25 Type I, 3 Type II and 3 Type III, worth 52 points.
Scored tasks, full form
33 Type I, 4 Type II and 3 Type III. Field-test items that do not count are added.
Points by sub-claim
Major content 20, additional and supporting content 10, reasoning 10, modeling 12 (short form).
Units and calculator
Three units of 60 minutes on the short form and four on the full form. Every unit is non-calculator, and each carries about the same number of points.
Scores
Five performance levels on a scale of 650 to 850. In grade 5 mathematics Level 4 runs from 750 to 789 and Level 5 from 790 to 850.

Checked October 12, 2026 against New Meridian's mathematics blueprints, unit structure and evidence statement tables, and the PARCC score ranges printed by the District of Columbia's state education office. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

The grade 5 evidence statements

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All 52 questions

Major content 20

  • A box is 12 inches long, 5 inches wide and 4 inches tall. What is its volume? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.MD.5b
  • A rectangular tile is 5/6 foot long and 3/4 foot wide. What is its area? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.4b-1
  • Find the quotient 5.6 ÷ 0.7. Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.7-4
  • Four friends share 7 granola bars equally. How many bars does each friend get? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.3-2
  • How many 1/4-pound servings can be made from 5 pounds of rice? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.7c
  • In the number 4.474, how does the value of the 4 in the tenths place compare with the value of the 4 in the thousandths place? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.1
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Major content, continued

  • Ivy walks 3/4 mile to school and then 5/8 mile to the library. How far does she walk in all? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.2-1
  • What is 2.6 × 4.5? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.7-3
  • What is 3/5 of 20? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.4a-1
  • What is 4.728 rounded to the nearest tenth? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.4
  • What is 5 1/4 − 2 2/3? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.1-5
  • What is 36.4 − 8.75? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.7-2
  • What is 47 × 386? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.5
  • What is 2,856 ÷ 24? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.6
  • What is the sum 7/10 + 5/6? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.1-1
  • Which decimal comparison below is true? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.3b
  • Which number is 3 × 10 + 5 × 1 + 2 × (1/10) + 8 × (1/1000)? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.3a
  • Which number is equal to 6 × 10³? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NBT.2-2
  • Without adding, which is the best estimate of 9/10 + 5/6? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.2-2
  • Without multiplying, which statement about 5/6 × 48 is true? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 5.NF.5a

Additional and supporting content 10

  • A jug holds 3 gallons of lemonade. Ty pours 5 quarts into one pitcher and 3 quarts into another. How many quarts are left in the jug? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.MD.1-2
  • A line plot shows the water in four cups: 1/4 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/2 cup and 3/4 cup. If the water is shared equally among the four cups, how much is in each cup? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.MD.2-2
  • How does the value of 5 × (742 + 96) compare with the value of 742 + 96? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.OA.2-2
  • How many meters is 350 centimeters? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.MD.1-1
  • On a graph, x is the number of hours walked and y is the number of miles walked. What does the point (2, 6) mean? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.G.2
  • Pattern A starts at 0 and adds 2 each time. Pattern B starts at 0 and adds 8 each time. How do matching terms of the two patterns compare? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.OA.3
  • To plot the point (3, 7) on a coordinate plane, how do you move from the origin? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.G.1
  • What is the value of 4 × [9 + (12 ÷ 3)]? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.OA.1
  • Which expression means “subtract 6 from 20, then multiply by 3”? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.OA.2-1
  • Which statement about four-sided shapes is always true? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 5.G.3

Reasoning 10

  • A box is packed with 3 layers of unit cubes. Each layer has 4 rows of 5 cubes. Which reasoning shows the volume is 60 cubic units? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.6
  • A solid is made of a 4 × 3 × 2 prism and a 5 × 2 × 2 prism. Lin writes “4 × 3 × 2 = 24 + 5 × 2 × 2 = 44.” What is wrong with her work? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.8-2
  • Jay says multiplying 12 by a fraction always gives a product less than 12. Which product shows that he is wrong? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.7-1
  • Ola finds 12.5 − 7.85 = 4.65. Which addition shows that she is right? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.2-2
  • Ray says 0.50 is greater than 0.5 because 50 is greater than 5. What is wrong with his reasoning? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.3
  • Uma adds 1/4 + 2/3 and writes 3/7. What should she do instead? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.7-3
  • Which equation shows that 1/5 ÷ 3 = 1/15? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.2-4
  • Which expression has the same value as 0.4 × 6.5? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.1-2
  • Which shows a correct way to break apart 1,836 ÷ 12? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.1-1
  • Which statement explains why 3 ÷ 4 = 3/4? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 5.C.2-3

Modeling 12

  • A bus holds 48 students. 197 students and 14 adults are going on a trip, and each person needs a seat. What is the fewest buses needed? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.2
  • A fish tank is 20 centimeters long, 15 centimeters wide and 12 centimeters tall. Water fills it to 2/3 of its height. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • A press prints 128 pages a minute. It runs for 45 minutes in the morning and 37 minutes in the afternoon. The shop started with 12,000 sheets of paper. How many sheets are left? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • A rectangular field is 125 meters long and 80 meters wide. Kai runs around the field 3 times and then runs 250 meters more. How far does Kai run? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.2
  • A ribbon is 6 feet long. Mia cuts off 5 pieces that are each 9 inches long. How many inches of ribbon are left? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.2
  • A school orders 24 boxes of pencils with 144 pencils in each box. Each of its 26 classes gets 115 pencils. How many pencils are left? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • A stage is built from two box shapes. One is 8 feet by 6 feet by 2 feet. The other is 4 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. It is made of 1-cubic-foot blocks sold in packs of 12. How many packs are needed? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • A trail is 6 miles long and has a marker at the end of every 1/4 mile. Of the markers, 3/8 are red and the rest are blue. How many markers are blue? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • Lena earns $12.50 an hour. She works 6.5 hours on Saturday and 3.5 hours on Sunday, and then spends $48.75. How much of her pay is left? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • Notebooks cost $2.35 each and pens cost $0.89 each. Ana buys 4 notebooks and 6 pens and pays with a $20 bill. How much change does she get? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • Three friends share 5 pounds of trail mix equally. Then each friend gives 1/6 pound to a neighbor. How much trail mix does each friend have now? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1
  • Zoe has 3 1/2 gallons of paint. She uses 1 1/4 gallons on a fence and 3/8 gallon on a door. How much paint is left? Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 5.D.1

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Grade 5 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables of the PARCC test design, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Grade-5-Math-Evidence-Statements_with-ABO-subclaim-points_a11y.pdf, with the short-form Mathematics High Level Blueprint, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NMC-Math-ABO-High-Level-Blueprint.pdf, both published by New Meridian and read 2026-10-12. Each question names the sub-claim and the evidence statement it practices. Every calculation is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the published evidence statements. Nothing is copied or reworded from a PARCC test, a released item, a practice test, an example in the evidence tables or another practice test.

How it works

Fifth grade math practice that follows the PARCC test design sub-claim by sub-claim. All 52 questions are our own; none is a released item. Unofficial, and not affiliated with New Meridian, CCSSO or any state that has given PARCC tests.

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How the 52 points are spread

Sub-claim A, major content, holds 20 points: place value to thousandths, multi-digit multiplication and division, the four operations with decimals, adding and multiplying fractions, and volume. Sub-claim B holds 10: expressions with parentheses, patterns, unit conversions, line plots, the coordinate plane and classifying shapes. Reasoning holds 10 and modeling 12; modeling also reaches back to grade 4 skills.

Unit one and the Common Core codes

The design gives unit 1 no topics of its own: written-answer tasks are spread through the 60-minute units, and each unit carries about the same number of points. Every evidence statement is keyed to a Common Core standard: the code under an answer, such as 5.NBT.7-2, begins with its standard, 5.NBT.7.

  • Line up the decimal points before you add or subtract. When you multiply, count the decimal places in both factors.
  • With unlike denominators, rename both fractions first. Adding the tops and the bottoms is the most common wrong choice.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the grade 5 PARCC math test?

The short-form blueprint lists 31 scored tasks worth 52 points: 25 Type I, 3 Type II and 3 Type III. The full form lists 40: 33, 4 and 3. Field-test items that do not count are added.

Is a calculator allowed on the 5th grade PARCC math test?

No. The unit structure makes every unit non-calculator in grades 3 to 5, on the four units of the full form and the three of the short form.

Is there a paper-based PARCC practice test for 5th grade math?

Yes, an unofficial one: all 52 questions print as a paper practice test with an answer key, or save as a PDF from the print window, and the same questions can be answered on screen.

What is a passing PARCC score in 5th grade math?

The design sets five performance levels on a 650 to 850 scale and no pass mark. The District of Columbia’s education office prints Level 4 for grade 5 mathematics as 750 to 789.

Is PARCC still given in 5th grade?

Not under that name in the District of Columbia, which belonged to PARCC from 2015 to 2023 and now gives DC CAPE with the same scale and sub-claims. The published test design is still online.

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