Grade 5 Math Games: Ontario Curriculum
These are the Grade 5 expectations from the 2020 Ontario math curriculum that one of our free games actually practises. Each card quotes the expectation, says plainly how much of it the game covers, and has one-click links that open the game already set to that skill. No account and nothing to install; you need a desktop or laptop with a keyboard.
Strand B: Number
5.B2.2Multiplication facts to 12 × 12
"recall and demonstrate multiplication facts from 0 × 0 to 12 × 12, and related division facts"
Close fitMeteor Math with every table from 1 to 12, as multiplication or division. There are no zero facts.
5.B1.3Equivalent fractions to twelfths
"represent equivalent fractions from halves to twelfths, including improper fractions and mixed numbers, using appropriate tools, in various contexts"
Part of itFraction Fleet finds the equal fraction across every denominator from halves to twelfths. Its fractions are all less than one, so no improper fractions or mixed numbers.
5.B1.4Comparing fractions to twelfths
"compare and order fractions from halves to twelfths, including improper fractions and mixed numbers, in various contexts"
Part of itPick the largest or smallest fraction from halves to twelfths. Again, fractions less than one only.
5.B1.7Fractions and decimals to hundredths
"describe relationships and show equivalences among fractions, decimal numbers up to hundredths, and whole number percents, using appropriate tools and drawings, in various contexts"
Part of itFraction Fleet matches halves, fourths, fifths and tenths to their decimals (3/4 = 0.75), both ways. No percents.
5.B2.5Adding and subtracting fractions
"add and subtract fractions with like denominators, in various contexts"
Close fitEvery Fraction Fleet sum and difference here has one denominator, thirds to twelfths.
Strand E: Spatial Sense
5.E1.1Types of triangles
"identify geometric properties of triangles, and construct different types of triangles when given side or angle measurements"
Part of itGeo Storm's triangles are equilateral, isosceles, scalene and right, named from their sides and corners. Students identify them; there is no constructing and no angle measuring.
Not covered at Grade 5
No free game here practises Algebra and coding, Data, multi-digit operations, angles with a protractor, area and perimeter, and the budgeting and tax parts of Financial Literacy. We would rather leave those out than stretch a game to fit.
Questions teachers ask
- Which curriculum is this?
- The Ontario Grades 1-8 mathematics curriculum (2020). Codes like B2.2 are the strand letter (B Number, E Spatial Sense, F Financial Literacy), the overall expectation and the specific expectation, as printed in that document.
- Does the game cover the whole expectation?
- Usually not, and each card says so. "Close fit" means the game practises what the expectation asks; "part of it" means it practises one piece, which is named. None of these games are an assessment.
- Are the games free?
- Yes. These links open games on the Arcade Deck, which are free for everyone with no account and nothing to install.
- What do students need?
- A desktop or laptop computer with a keyboard and an up-to-date browser. The games are not built for touch.
- Do the links change my saved settings?
- No. A link sets up the game for that visit only. Anything you saved in the game's Teacher Setup on that computer stays as it was.
- Who makes Starship Arcade?
- A small independent studio in Ontario. The games are built with AI and tested before they ship.
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