Obtain a board for the base of the game. Cut a piece of poster board to a suitable size for your class. A 20 inch by 30 inch poster board is generally a safe bet, but use a larger size poster board for a larger class.
Design the layout of the board game. Draw spaces in the form of squares, octagons, circles or any other clear shapes. Draw more spaces for longer games and fewer for shorter games. In each space, draw a number, 1 to 5. Make sure each number appears about the same amount of time on the board.
Create flashcards to test students on their fifth-grade math knowledge. Some of the main topics of fifth grade math that you may wish to include are working with fractions of unlike denominators, dealing with scales and ratios, making mathematical conjectures, labeling sets of objects and using mathematical language to communicate. You may also want to focus on a specific topic and reuse the game later for review. Assign each topic to be tested a number. On one side of each card, write the number corresponding to the topic of the question or problem and on the other side of the card, write a math problem dealing with that subject.
Obtain player pieces to represent the students’ positions on the board, using anything small and stable, such as chess pieces or bottle caps. Use one di for determining how many spaces a student moves on the board. However, if your board includes over 30 spaces, you may consider using two dice.
Finalize the board. Add any extra designs, such as colors or pictures, to make the board more interesting for your students. Write game directions on the board or another sheet of paper: "Players take turns rolling the dice. When a player lands on a space, she must take a card with the number on it and answer the question on the back of the card. If the player does not answer correctly, she must return to her previous space. The player who makes it to the end first wins."