About this book
Give your fifth grader the confidence to succeed on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Mathematics exam.
This book contains five full-length practice tests — 170 questions total — aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Grade 5 Mathematics and designed to match the format, difficulty, and content of the real Grade 5 STAAR exam. Each practice test progresses in rigor, with Test 1 the most accessible and Test 5 the most challenging, so your child builds skills and stamina the same way they will on test day.
Take a look inside
What’s inside
- 5 complete 34-question practice tests
- A mix of multiple-choice items, multi-select items (“Select TWO”), and gridded responses — exactly like the operational STAAR
- Detailed answer explanations for every question — not just the correct letter, but step-by-step reasoning that builds real understanding
- A Grade 5 STAAR Mathematics Reference Materials sheet at the front of the book, just like the one provided on test day
- A parent letter with test-taking tips and a study plan
- A quick-reference answer key for fast scoring
Topics covered
- Place value and multi-digit whole numbers through 1,000,000,000 (reading, writing, comparing, and rounding)
- Multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping across zeros
- Multi-digit multiplication (up to 3-digit by 2-digit) using the standard algorithm
- Multi-digit division (up to 4-digit by 2-digit) with remainders
- Decimals through thousandths (place value, comparing, ordering, rounding)
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals
- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
- Multiplying fractions and whole numbers; multiplying two fractions
- Dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions
- Order of operations with whole numbers and decimals
- Volume of rectangular prisms using V = ℓ × w × h and V = B × h
- Perimeter and area of rectangles and composite rectilinear figures
- Coordinate plane: plotting ordered pairs and reading points
- Classifying triangles and quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombi, parallelograms, trapezoids)
- Numerical and shape patterns; additive and multiplicative relationships from tables and graphs
- Customary and metric measurement conversions (length, weight, capacity, time)
- Bar graphs, dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots, and frequency tables
- Mean, median, mode, and range
- Personal financial literacy: income, expenses, balanced budgets, and saving
Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars
- Written by experienced educators who study Texas’s official STAAR specifications and released items
- Every question mirrors what students will see on test day — no surprises
- Explanations teach the “why,” not just the “what,” so students learn from every mistake
- Reference materials sheet provided up front — just like the real exam
