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Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 5 Mathematics (SSA)

  • Grade 5

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Total time
2 h
Marked questions
50
Parts
2
Calculator
Not allowed
Format
On a computer

Saskatchewan Grade 5 Math Assessment practice test

The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.

  • Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 5 Mathematics (SSA) in the MapleMind app: the exam in the appThe exam in the app
  • Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 5 Mathematics (SSA) in the MapleMind app: its parts, and what you can use in eachIts parts, and what you can use in each
  • A multiple-choice question in a practice exam in the MapleMind app, with its timer and toolsA question, timed, with the exam’s tools
  • A practice exam’s marked result in the MapleMind app: the score, how the real exam reports it, and each part’s pointsThe marked result, part by part

A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.

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When

June 2027

The dates are Saskatchewan’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (publications.saskatchewan.ca)

What’s on it

Number

  • N5.1
  • N5.2 & N5.3
  • N5.4
  • N5.5
  • N5.6 & N5.7

Patterns and Relations

  • P5.1
  • P5.2

Shape and Space

  • SS5.1 & SS5.2
  • SS5.3 & SS5.4
  • SS5.5 & SS5.6
  • SS5.7

Statistics and Probability

  • SP5.1 & SP5.3
  • SP5.2
The skills it tests · 38 skills
  • Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Choosing an estimation strategy
  • Comparing and describing large numbers
  • Comparing and ordering decimals
  • Comparing fractions with unlike denominators
  • Connecting decimals and fractions to thousandths
  • Constructing double bar graphs
  • Describing and predicting transformations
  • Describing patterns with math language
  • Dividing 3-digit numbers
  • Estimating and measuring capacity
  • Estimation strategies
  • First-hand and second-hand data
  • How likely is it?
  • How quadrilaterals are related
  • Identifying and sorting quadrilaterals
  • Interpreting double bar graphs
  • Making equivalent fractions
  • Making sense of remainders
  • Measuring in millimetres
  • Measuring volume and building prisms
  • Multiplication facts to 81
  • Multiplying by multiples of ten
  • Multiplying two 2-digit numbers
  • Parallel, perpendicular, and other lines
  • Predicting and solving with patterns
  • Predicting and testing probability
  • Rectangles from a given area
  • Rectangles from a given perimeter
  • Referents and estimating volume
  • Referents for millilitres and litres
  • Representing numbers to one million
  • Sketching lines on shapes and objects
  • Sliding, turning, and flipping shapes
  • Solving and verifying equations
  • Solving decimal problems
  • Understanding decimals to thousandths
  • Understanding single-variable equations
From the courseMathematics, Grade 5Its Course CompanionMathematics, Grade 5

How it’s built

Multiple-choice questions and numerical-response questions.

  1. Part 1: Number; Patterns and Relations
    Questions
    27
    Marks
    27
    Of the marks
    54%
    • Multiple choice
    • Numerical response

    Multiple-choice questions and a few typed number answers on whole numbers up to 1 000 000, multiplying and dividing, estimating, fractions, decimals, patterns and one-step equations.

  2. Part 2: Shape and Space; Statistics and Probability
    Questions
    23
    Marks
    23
    Of the marks
    46%
    • Multiple choice

    Multiple-choice questions, some where you drag answers into place or choose all that apply, on perimeter and area, volume and capacity, lines and shapes, transformations, graphs and likelihood.

How it’s marked

  1. Level 1
  2. Level 2
  3. Level 3
  4. Level 4

A computer marks your answers. There is no pass mark: you're placed at one of four achievement levels, compared with the provincial standard, and your family gets a report showing where you are.

On the day

  1. Sitting 1Part 1: number, and patterns and relations.
  2. Sitting 2Part 2: shape and space, and statistics and probability. Your teacher schedules both sittings within a two-week window.

The real assessment is online, in two sittings of about 120 minutes in all. You can't use a calculator in either part. Once you submit a part, you can't reopen it.

Getting ready

4 official documents to practise with, and 5 tips.

Official practice

Tips from the people who write it

  • You don't need extra study for it: it covers the Saskatchewan curriculum you already learn in class.
  • Try the ministry's practice assessment. It's about the same length as the real one, with the same kinds of questions.
  • Read each question carefully, and don't spend too long on any one.
  • Try to answer every question. Once you finish a part, you can't go back to it.
  • Before the assessment, practise logging in with the Platform Exploration activity.

After the exam

Results

School divisions share the results with students and families soon after the assessment.

Marks

It’s based on what students already learn in class; sample assessments are online for getting used to the format.

From Saskatchewan Student Assessment: information for parents and caregivers, 2026–27 (publications.saskatchewan.ca), read on October 27, 2026.

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  • Educators

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Questions about this exam

When is the SSA in 2026–27?

The next sitting is June 1 to June 30, 2027.

How long is the SSA?

It takes 2 hours in all, over 2 parts.

How many questions are on the SSA?

It has 50 marked questions: 27 in Part 1: Number; Patterns and Relations and 23 in Part 2: Shape and Space; Statistics and Probability.

Can you use a calculator on the SSA?

No. Calculators aren’t allowed.

How are SSA results reported?

At 4 levels: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4.

Where can I find practice tests for the SSA?

Saskatchewan publishes Grade 5 Math Practice Assessment, Parts 1 and 2 (English and French) and Saskatchewan Student Assessment Frequently Asked Questions. MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.

Practise for the SSA

Every skill on the SSA, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.