Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheets
Free printable word problems practice for Grade 5 students. Generate problems, solve them on screen or paper, and download as PDF.
Practice Worksheet
Grade 5 Word Problems Practice
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- 1.A school receives 6 boxes of 24 notebooks and gives away 17. How many notebooks remain?
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- 2.A delivery route is 18 km each way. A driver completes 4 round trips, then drives 7 km more. How far in total?
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- 3.240 craft sticks are shared equally among 6 classes. Each class uses 7. How many sticks remain altogether?
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- 4.A school receives 7 boxes of 24 notebooks and gives away 18. How many notebooks remain?
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- 5.A delivery route is 21 km each way. A driver completes 4 round trips, then drives 8 km more. How far in total?
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- 6.270 craft sticks are shared equally among 6 classes. Each class uses 7. How many sticks remain altogether?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 127
- Question 2: 151 km
- Question 3: 198
- Question 4: 150
- Question 5: 176 km
- Question 6: 228
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Build confidence with approachable problems
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- 1.Sarah has 2/3 of a cake. If she wants to share it equally among 4 friends, what fraction of the whole cake will each friend receive?
- 2.A piece of wood is 8/10 of a meter long. Simplify this fraction to its lowest terms to find the length in meters.
- 3.A local store is having a sale where items are 0.40 off. Write this decimal as a percentage to show the discount rate.
- 4.A runner drinks 1.5 liters of water in the morning and 2.25 liters in the afternoon. How many total liters of water did the runner drink?
- 5.A shipping box has a length of 4 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 2 cm. What is the total volume of the box in cubic centimeters?
- 6.A point on a map is located at coordinates (3, 5). If you move 2 units to the right and 1 unit up, what are the new coordinates of the point?
Full range of grade expectations
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- 1.A baker has 3/4 of a bag of flour. He uses 1/8 of the bag to bake bread. If he wants to share the remaining flour equally into 5 small containers, what fraction of the original bag will be in each container?
- 2.Sarah is shopping for school supplies. She bought a notebook for 4.75 dollars, a pen for 1.25 dollars, and a backpack for 22.50 dollars. If she paid with a 40.00 dollar bill, what percentage of her total money spent was the cost of the backpack?
- 3.A shipping box is 12 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. If you pack cubes that are each 2 inches on a side into the box, how many cubes can fit inside the box?
- 4.On a coordinate plane, a park is located at (2, 3) and a library is located at (2, 8). If a school is located exactly halfway between the park and the library, what are the coordinates of the school?
- 5.A athlete ran 4.5 kilometers on Monday, 3.75 kilometers on Tuesday, and 5.2 kilometers on Wednesday. If the total distance goal for the week is 15 kilometers, how many more kilometers does the athlete need to run to reach the goal?
- 6.Maria has a piece of ribbon that is 1 2/15 of a meter long. She simplifies the fraction of the ribbon she has and then cuts off 1/5 of a meter. What is the length of the remaining ribbon in simplest form?
What Your Child Will Learn
Grade 5 word problems require students to work fluently across whole numbers, fractions, and decimals within the same problem, often needing to convert between representations partway through a solution. Students refine their use of bar models and other diagrams to represent ratios and proportional situations for the first time, previewing the proportional reasoning that dominates the middle grades.
Problems are typically multi-step and may involve interpreting data presented in tables, charts, or graphs, requiring students to decide which numbers are relevant before planning a solution path. Students are expected to explain their strategy clearly, compare it to alternative approaches, and justify why their answer is reasonable using estimation. This grade places strong emphasis on flexible thinking — recognizing that the same problem can often be solved in more than one valid way.
Skills Covered
- Solving multi-step problems involving whole numbers, fractions, and decimals together
- Using bar models to represent early ratio and proportion situations
- Interpreting tables, charts, and graphs to extract relevant data
- Comparing alternative strategies for solving the same problem
- Justifying an answer's reasonableness using estimation
- Converting between fractions, decimals, and whole numbers within a solution
Curriculum Aligned: A cross-strand focus connecting Strand B (Number) with the mathematical processes of selecting strategies, reasoning, and proving that an answer is reasonable.
Parent Tip: Ask 'is there another way you could solve this?' after your child finds an answer — comparing two valid strategies for the same problem builds the flexible thinking this grade emphasizes.
What your child will practice
- Whole Numbers to 100,000Read, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including 100,000.
- Comparing Large NumbersCompare and order whole numbers up to and including 100,000.
- Fractions, Decimals, PercentagesRepresent fractions, decimal numbers, and percents, and show their relationships.
- Decimal HundredthsRead, represent, compare, and order decimal hundredths.
- Multi-digit MultiplicationMultiply two-digit by two-digit whole numbers using various strategies.
- Multi-digit DivisionDivide three-digit by one-digit whole numbers.
- Operations with DecimalsAdd, subtract, and multiply decimal numbers to hundredths.
- Operations with FractionsAdd and subtract fractions with like denominators.
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Why does my child struggle with word problems?
Word problems require reading comprehension plus math skills. Teach a systematic approach: read carefully, identify what's asked, find the key information, choose an operation, and check the answer.
How can I help my child with word problems?
Practice identifying keywords (total, difference, each, shared equally). Draw pictures or diagrams. Start with simple one-step problems and gradually increase complexity.
Are word problems more important than computation?
Both are essential. Word problems show how math applies to real situations and develop critical thinking. Strong computation skills make word problems easier to solve.