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Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
Decimal Place Value and Rounding  Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity
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"I LOVED this resource and being able to stretch the brain of my top kiddos once they finished their regular assignments! There were so many that I was able to actually use them on two different occasions and just picked different ones for each time."
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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 Slidesversion (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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Decimal Place Value and Rounding Task Cards 5th Grade Math Missions Activity

Rated 4.67 out of 5, based on 3 reviews
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Digital downloads
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Grades
4th - 6th
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Standards
Pages
24 Math Missions in Color, Black & White, & Digital + Extras
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 hours

What others say

"I LOVED this resource and being able to stretch the brain of my top kiddos once they finished their regular assignments! There were so many that I was able to actually use them on two different occasions and just picked different ones for each time."
star
Brianne N.

Description

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 Slidesversion (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

See all of our escape rooms and math activities

Report this resource to TPT
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Stretches their brain
Rated 5 out of 5
September 30, 2025
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I LOVED this resource and being able to stretch the brain of my top kiddos once they finished their regular assignments! There were so many that I was able to actually use them on two different occasions and just picked different ones for each time.
Brianne Normandin
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279 reviews • Oklahoma
Grades taught: 5th
Rated 5 out of 5
May 8, 2025
This was a perfect first week of school activity for my 11th grade Technical Math course. It's such a basic concept, but they really can struggle with it, as it's not something they are likely to have practiced recently. Great for easing them into the year and refreshing something that will keep coming up all year long!
Kaylyn J.
281 reviews
Grades taught: 10th, 11th, 12th
Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties
Rated 4 out of 5
May 6, 2025
great for supply teacher days and early finishers!
Sarah J.
156 reviews
Grades taught: 5th

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.
Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
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