The IXL Ultimate 5th Grade Math Workbook, Activity Book for Kids Ages 10-11 Covering Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Geometry, and More Mathematics (IXL Ultimate Workbooks)

We love IXL books for our homeschool because they don't have all the extra language and a ton of riff raff which my kids find boring and long. This is to the point with short explanations. There is not a lot of lesson, which I don't mind because I can easily teach it to them in a way they best learn and understand. They prefer these streamlined books over typical math curriculum as it feels less overwhelming. So if you have a child that hates math because it takes too long and is confusing, give this a try if you feel confident in your ability to explain it too them when they have questions

OK, so I’m a college educated (social sciences) adult. I find my math skills getting rusty. Can I multiply mixed fractions or even add and subtract them any more. Why would I want to - you’d be surprised how often it comes up in dealing with best use of yard goods, or even lumber. And, with grandkids learning more math at a younger age than we did, I did NOT want to be found to be unable to help with grammar school homework. I’m finding working thought the lessons and problems enjoyable. I skip a lot, because I can tell when “I GET IT” and move on.

My daughter enjoyed going through this workbook in the summer to review. Each page had beautiful illustration that made math more fun. Highly recommend.

PROS: Simple, easy to follow instructions and explanations. Logical progression through the concepts. Skills are broken down into simple steps. Simple, aesthetically pleasing pages. CONS: No table of contents or index so you have to just guess where things are or flip until you find what you're looking for. Don't buy used because they'll say it's in good condition then most of the pages will be marked up.

Pros-multiple pages on each concept for review. Limited number of questions on each page. Works well with the school year curriculum. Cons-I purchased it for a summer review, and it was too long. My child struggled to not feel discouraged since it was taking so long to complete the book.

I like this clear, straightforward exposition of how to do the problems and how using multiple methods of doing the same operation can expand a child's understanding of math beyond getting the answers. I know that many of us who learned math generations ago might be frustrated by what may seem redundant methodologies for the same problem that can be worked by methods using essentially rote learning. Yet from what I could see in this book, the various problems presented started in many cases with the old methods, for long division as an example, and then presented other ways to do long division. These new methods go deeper into how one math problem might relate to another and what lies behind the methods we learned--which were basically designed to reduce the problem solving process to a mechanical procedure. So when older generations take one look at the new methods and find they can't do the problems themselves without a little effort, the pronounce them ridiculous and pointless. I like this book because it enhanced my own approach to the operations and expanded my knowledge of what lies behind these and all methods of this level of math.And with a little patience and attention it was presented clearly enough to allow me to review grade five math in a couple of hours. Not a bad investment for learning how to help the kids three generations younger than me enjoy math more and be more successful in school.

I am tutoring a 5th grader in a Durham NC public school. I find this well organized and very helpful.

Great book! Would def recommend.

Although I like the exercises in the book, I wish there were more exercises for each topic. Each skill has a corresponding ID that you should be able to find if you have an IXL membership, which we do. All the ID's in this book are wrong or do not exist.