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title: "5.NR.5: Numerical Expressions (Georgia Mathematics standard)"
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# 5.NR.5: Numerical Expressions

Write, interpret, and evaluate numerical expressions within authentic problems.

- Subject: Mathematics
- Appears in: Grade 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/math/grade-5.md

## Expectations

- **5.NR.5.1**: Write, interpret, and evaluate simple numerical expressions involving whole numbers with or without grouping symbols to represent actual situations.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- Mathematics Grade 5 (EOG). Numerical Reasoning. Write, interpret, and evaluate numerical expressions within authentic problems. (about 17% of the test; 10 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

## What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

- **Beginning**: Create simple numerical expressions from authentic problems based on visual representations.
- **Developing**: Write, interpret, and evaluate simple numerical expressions.
- **Proficient**: Write, interpret, and evaluate simple numerical expressions that represent actual situations within authentic problems.
- **Distinguished**: Write, interpret, and evaluate multiple simple numerical expressions with grouping symbols that represent actual situations within authentic problems.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.NR.5: Explain the concepts of addition, subtraction, and equality and use these concepts to solve real-life problems within 10. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.NR.5.md
- Grade 1, 1.NR.5: Use concrete models, the base ten structure, and properties of operations to add and subtract within 100. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.NR.5.md
- Grade 4, 4.NR.5: Solve real-life problems involving addition, equivalence, comparison of fractions with denominators of 10 and 100, and comparison of decimal numbers as tenths and hundredths using part-whole strategies and visual models. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.NR.5.md
- **Grade 5, 5.NR.5 (this standard)**: Write, interpret, and evaluate numerical expressions within authentic problems.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.