Skill Sharpeners Math, Grade 5 provides practice for the following mathematics skills: division with remainders, solving multiple-step word problems, multiplying decimals and fractions, identifying factors, prime and composite numbers, calculating perimeter and area, interpreting graphs, solving logic puzzles, identifying probabilities, range, mean, median, and mode, measuring angles, calculating equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents. Parents have awonderful opportunity to support what happens in the classroom, inspiring their child's desire to learn. The math skills practiced in the Skill Sharpeners Math series are based on the five strands of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards: number and operations, measurement, geometry, algebra, data analysis and probability. Each book in Skill Sharpeners Math contains ten units of grade-appropriate practice to help your child understand and maintain important math skills. After every unit, there is an assessment that tests your child's understanding of the skills covered. Some questions are presented in standardized test format.