5th Grade Math Jeopardy!

How to Play 5th Grade Math Jeopardy: Pick and correctly answer questions from different categories to earn the most points.

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5th Grade Math Jeopardy: Final Jeopardy Question (Optional)

To conclude the game with a Final Jeopardy question, you can choose to allow players/teams to wager points prior to answering the question. You can use the Final Jeopardy video below to see the category and Final Jeopardy question.

Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review: How to Play

Do you want a fun and engaging activity for practicing and reviewing key math skills and concepts in your 5th grade classroom? Welcome to 5th Grade Math Jeopardy, a fun and amusing review game that students can use to practice and apply their math skills while earning points and engaging in friendly competition. If you've never participated in a Jeopardy-style review game before, this guide will tell you everything you need to know to get started with our free Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review. Read on for some useful pointers on how to play correctly and how to score the most points possible. Let's begin!

What is the Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review?

Fifth Grade Math Jeopardy is a fun review game that is just like the popular television game show where contestants compete against each other in an effort to correctly answer as many trivia questions as possible. In the game show version, the questions are organized based on categories, which range across a huge variety of topics including popular culture, sports, ancient history, literature, and more. While 5th Grade Math Jeopardy is similar to the game show version, its categories, however, are limited to math topics and skills that are typically covered in 5th grade math, including data and graphing, working with fractions and decimals, the order of operations, measurement, and more.

In both the television show and the Jeopardy 5th Grade Math review game, players earn points for correctly giving answers to questions that vary in how challenging they are. In the game, the more points a question is worth, the more challenging the question will be. For example, a question worth 100 points is generally easy to answer, a question worth 300 point is moderately challenging, and a question worth 500 points can be moderately difficult to challenging. In the game, questions have point values from 100 points to 500 points for a correct answer. At the conclusion of the game, the player or team that has earned the most points will be the winner.

Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review: How to Play (and How to Win)

1. You can start playing 5th Grade Jeopardy Math immediately by using the free game board grid at the top of this page. The free 5th Grade Math Jeopardy game features categories based on specific 5th grade math topics that range in difficulty based on the corresponding point value each question is worth.

2. There are several ways to play the Jeopardy 5th Grade Math game. One way to play is to compete as teams where students are split into even-sized groups. Another way to play is to have your students compete against each other as on their own. For larger-sized groups of students, we recommend splitting students into groups or teams of 4-5 students that compete against each other (each group should assign a speaker or captain whose job is to submit final answers when appropriate). For smaller groups of students, you can choose to let them work in pairs or individually.

3. Mind the Time Limit. Players do not have an infinite amount of time to answer a question. Each game question has a time limit within which the players must respond in order to earn points. In the game show version of Jeopardy, contestants have a mere five seconds to answer before a buzzer sounds, indicating that they have run out of time and have earned zero points. However, for this Math Jeopardy Game 5th Grade Version, we recommend that you allow students at least 20 seconds to respond to a given question (since they likely will need time to perform mental math or make calculations on paper). Of course, the duration of time you give your students is entirely up to you, and you should base that duration on what works best for your students. Beneath the game board displayed above, there is a countdown timer that will play "thinking music" for about 20 seconds, after which a buzzer will sound. You may use this timer as you see fit (some teachers begin timing as soon as they finish reading the question, while other teachers prefer to wait a short amount of time before starting the timer). If the buzzer goes off before a response is given by a student, they lose their turn, and zero points are awarded.

4. When it is a team or individual’s turn to play, they must choose a category and the point value they are comfortable with. Once a question and point value has been chosen, that question will be revealed and read aloud by the game host. If the student(s) provide a correct answer within the time limit, the corresponding point total will be added to their score and the question will be blanked out (it can not be revisited again during the game). However, if students provide an incorrect answer, then the corresponding point value is deducted from their score (teachers can choose to limit zero as the lowest possible score or to allow for scores to fall into negative numbers) and the next student or team is given a chance to answer the same question and steal the points.

5. The Daily Double! Every game of Jeopardy Math 5th Grade Review has one hidden Daily Double question. When a revealed question includes a Daily Double icon, it is potentially worth double the amount of points provided that it is answered correctly. For example, a 200-point question that includes the Daily Double icon is actually worth 400 points (although the difficulty level will remain the same). The Daily Double question will always be a mystery and finding it is simply a matter of having good luck.

6. How to Keep Score. The game host (usually the teacher) or a student helper can keep score for every player or team as the game is played. We recommend keeping track of score using a grid that is posted somewhere that is visible to students (like on a dry-erase board).

7. How to Win the Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review Game: The review is complete when every question has been attempted and the game board has no more questions available (or when a set amount of time has concluded). The player/team with the most points at the conclusion of the game will be declared the winner.

8. Final Jeopardy (Optional). You may choose to add a Final Jeopardy question at the end of the game where students can risk some of or all of their earned points to try to answer a final math question. Players will be shown the category prior to choosing how many points they want to wager. Then, the question will be presented (see the video above). If the question is answered correctly, players will earn the amount of points that were wagered. If answered incorrectly, that amount of points will be deducted from their point total.

Math Jeopardy 5th Grade Review Pointers

1. Prepare, Practice, Review, and Student: Before you play 5th Grade Math Jeopardy, you can take some time to prepare by practicing your math skills, reviewing notes and practice problems, and studying key vocabulary terms and concepts.

2. Lean on Your Teammates: When you play 5th Grade Math Jeopardy with teams competing against one another, it is important to work as a team when answering questions. Working collaboratively with your teammates to solve problems and answer questions together is a great strategy for scoring large amount of points, especially when your team members are able to discuss strategies and listen to each other’s ideas.

3. Sportsmanship: 5th Grade Math Jeopardy is supposed to be a competitive game, but, more importantly, it is supposed to be fun and enjoyable. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, students should always be respectful of classmates, the scorekeeper, and the game host.

4. Have a good time! The number one goal of playing the 5th Grade Math Jeopardy Review Game is to practice and review math in the context of a fun and friendly competition. Remember to try your best, learn from your mistakes, and have a positive attitude.

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