Place Value and Rounding with Decimals Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions

Drop the 5th grade place value with decimals worksheets for these engaging Mini Math Missions activities - print or digital resources! Each place value & rounding task card is a clever puzzle, game, logic puzzle, or single challenge escape room. Students will love rounding decimal numbers to solve a logic puzzle, multiplying by powers of ten to find a code, identifying a suspect using place value knowledge, and much more. These task cards are great to spread out throughout the year to keep concepts fresh in students' minds. Use them for warm-ups, exit tickets, review, for early finishers, or just for fun!

Your students have been hired to work in the Mini Math Missions Department of the Mathematical Security Agency. Their job is to help field agents solve puzzles to assist them in their top secret missions. A wide variety of spy-themed challenges will have your students using their knowledge of place value and rounding with decimals in order to open a safe, find a door code, or eliminate suspects using deductive reasoning.

A variety of difficulty levels allows for differentiation. The more challenging missions are great for giving students the chance to collaborate to solve puzzles. Keeping students engaged is also easy as each task card includes a unique mission. These math missions provide a balance of fun and rigor. Ciphers and codes add to the level of mystery and engagement.

What math skills are used?

• Place value with decimals to the thousandths place
• Understanding the value of a digit (a digit is worth 10 times as much as the digit to its right, and 1/10 as much as the digit to its left)
• Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10
• Rounding decimal numbers to any place
• Comparing the value of numbers with decimals to the thousandths place using <,>, and = symbols
• Standard, written, and expanded form with decimals

What is in the PDF?

• 24 half page task cards focusing on fifth grade math standard 5.NBT.A.1, 5.NBT.A.2, 5.NBT.A.3, and 5.NBT.A.4
• Printable versions in color & black and white
• Link to digital Google Slides™ version (requires students to have Google Drive™)
• Printable "Training Manual" with a glossary of spy vocabulary and directions for decoding ciphers and codes
• "Top Secret" file folder decorations
• Letter from the head of the Mathematics Security Agency, M.S.A, welcoming students to their new role in the agency
• Answer key

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