5th Grade Math Maze | Back to School Review
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- Grade 5, Elementary
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- Preparation
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- Subject
- Math
- Topic
- math maze, back to school math
- Resource types
- Mazes, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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- Print ready
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Learning objectives
Solve fraction problems, including plotting on a number line, identifying equivalent fractions, and fraction-of-a-whole word problems
Calculate perimeter, area, and volume, and classify shapes by faces, edges, angles, and parallel/perpendicular/congruent lines
Compare, round, and identify the place value of decimal numbers
Solve multi-step word problems involving money, elapsed time, and unit conversion of length, mass, and capacity
Solve one-step equations with a variable, such as 36 ÷ n = 6 or 9 - b = 3
Teaching tips
Have students show their work on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to the worksheet, as the maze instructs, so you can check their process, not just the path they chose.
Assign one maze per day across four days as a back-to-school review week, since each of the four mazes is self-contained with its own answer key.
Use the maze format for early finishers or a math station, since a wrong answer sends students down an incorrect path rather than simply marking one problem wrong.
Skills covered
Fraction reasoning — students plot fractions on a number line, find equivalent fractions, and solve fraction word problems.
Geometric measurement — students calculate perimeter, area, and volume, and classify shapes by faces, edges, and angle relationships.
Decimal place value — students compare, round, and identify the value of digits in decimal numbers.
Multi-step word-problem solving — students work through money, elapsed-time, and unit-conversion problems embedded in the maze path.
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Does a wrong answer just get marked incorrect, or does it affect the maze?
It sends students down the wrong path — since the answer determines which box comes next, an early mistake compounds through the rest of that maze, which is part of why showing work on a separate sheet matters for checking.
Are the four mazes different difficulty levels, or the same problems reordered?
Each of the four mazes has its own distinct set of problems covering a similar topic mix of fractions, geometry, decimals, and word problems, rather than being reorderings of the same questions.
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Standards
Standards
- 4.MD.A.2 — Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
- 4.MD.A.3 — Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.
- 5.NBT.A.4 — Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
Core concepts
Core concepts
Fractions
Geometry
Decimals
Multi-step word problems
Elapsed time
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