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 bag of flour. She uses 1/6 of the bag to bake cookies. What fraction of the bag does she have left after baking? (Hint: Find an equivalent fraction first)
- 2.A ribbon is 1 2/15 of a meter long. Simplify the fraction to find the shortest form of the ribbon's length.
- 3.In a survey, 40 out of 100 students chose soccer as their favorite sport. Write this value as a decimal and a percentage.
- 4.A baker sells a loaf of bread for 4.50 dollars. If he sells 3 loaves, how much money does he collect in total?
- 5.A small box has a length of 3 cm, a width of 2 cm, and a height of 4 cm. What is the total volume of the box in cubic centimeters?
- 6.A point on a coordinate plane is located at (2, 5). If you move the point 3 units to the right, what are the new coordinates of the point?
A selection of topic skills
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- 1.Sarah is baking cookies. She needs 3/4 cup of sugar for one batch and 2/3 cup of sugar for another. If she has 2 cups of sugar, how much will she have left after baking both batches? Simplify your answer.
- 2.A local park is installing a new rectangular sandbox that is 8 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. What is the total volume of sand, in cubic feet, needed to fill the sandbox completely?
- 3.In a class survey, 0.45 of the students prefer apples, 35% prefer bananas, and the rest prefer oranges. What fraction of the students prefer oranges? Express your answer in simplest form.
- 4.A delivery truck driver starts at the warehouse located at point (1, 2) on a coordinate plane. She drives 4 units right and 3 units up to reach the first delivery stop. What are the coordinates of the first delivery stop?
- 5.A bag of flour weighs 12.5 pounds. If a baker uses 1.25 pounds of flour for each loaf of bread, how many full loaves can she bake, and how much flour will be left over?
- 6.Two runners are training on a track. Runner A completes a lap in 4/5 of a minute, and Runner B completes a lap in 0.75 of a minute. Who is faster, and by how many minutes per lap?
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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Check my workFrequently Asked Questions
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.