Grade 5 Multiplying Decimals Worksheets

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Practice Worksheet

Grade 5 Multiplying Decimals Practice

Solve each problem. Show your work.

  1. 1.
    2.1 × 3 = _____
  2. 2.
    3.1 × 8 = _____
  3. 3.
    5.7 × 8 = _____
  4. 4.
    9.0 × 3 = _____
  5. 5.
    3.0 × 2 = _____
  6. 6.
    3.1 × 6 = _____
  7. 7.
    4.8 × 5 = _____
  8. 8.
    5.5 × 2 = _____
Show answer key
  1. Question 1: 6.3
  2. Question 2: 24.8
  3. Question 3: 45.6
  4. Question 4: 27
  5. Question 5: 6
  6. Question 6: 18.6
  7. Question 7: 24.0
  8. Question 8: 11.0

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About These Worksheets

Grade 5 students begin multiplying decimals, usually with money and measurement examples that keep the place-value meaning visible.

Multiplying decimals worksheets build the bridge between whole-number multiplication and proportional reasoning. Students often know how to multiply the digits, but they need repeated practice deciding where the decimal point belongs in the product. A strong worksheet set makes them estimate first, multiply carefully, and then compare the answer to the estimate so a result like 3.2 x 4.5 does not accidentally become 144 instead of 14.4.

These pages focus on decimal factors with one or two decimal places, using contexts such as unit prices, metric measurements, and area. Students learn that multiplying by a number less than 1 makes a product smaller, which can feel surprising after years of whole-number multiplication. That conceptual check is as important as the procedure because it prepares students for rates, scale factors, percent calculations, and scientific notation later on.

Skills Practised

  • Multiplying decimals by whole numbers
  • Multiplying two decimal factors
  • Placing the decimal point using place-value reasoning
  • Estimating products before calculating
  • Solving money, measurement, and area problems with decimals

Parent Tip: Ask for an estimate before the exact answer. If 6.8 x 3 is about 7 x 3, then the answer should be close to 21, not 2.1 or 210.

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