[DonkeyHody1]

For a lab I need to create a 0.1M solution of NaOAc buffer at pH 5
It's been a while since I worked with buffers. I'm struggling to find a way to get both the proper morality and proper pH.
My first though was to create a 0.2M solution of acetic acid and titrate it to pH 5 using sodium hydroxide. The problem is when I tried to calculate the pH of 0.2M solution of acetic acid I got a pH higher than 5 so I couldn't use sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH. I think this was a calculation error on my part though.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Babcock_Hall]

Is this a homework assignment, or are you working in a laboratory trying to prepare this?  Clearly your initial calculation is incorrect, but it would be very helpful if you would show all of your work so far.  You can check the pH values of some substances at various concentrations in books such as The Chemist's Companion, for example.  One other point that I would like to mention is that when one describes a 0.10 molar acetate buffer, the value of 0.10 M refers to the sum of the concentrations of conjugate acid and conjugate base.