Grade 5 Word Problems

All 20 Practice Problems

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1. 1.A store sold 1,245 items in January and 1,678 items in February. In March, they sold 892 fewer items than in February. How many items did they sell in all three months?
2. 2.A baker uses 2.5 cups of flour for each batch of cookies. How many cups of flour are needed for 8 batches?
3. 3.A rectangle has a length of 12.5 cm and a width of 8.4 cm. What is the perimeter?
4. 4.If 3/4 of the 240 students in a school play sports, how many students play sports?
5. 5.A car travels 55 miles per hour. How far will it travel in 4.5 hours?
6. 6.A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1.5 times the recipe, how much sugar do you need?
7. 7.A book has 325 pages. Maria has read 3/5 of the book. How many pages has she read?
8. 8.The school library has 4,567 books. They receive 1,234 new books and donate 789 old books. How many books do they have now?
9. 9.A farmer plants 24 rows of corn with 36 plants in each row. If 1/8 of the plants don't survive, how many plants survive?
10. 10.A shirt costs $24.99 and pants cost $32.50. If you buy 2 shirts and 1 pair of pants, how much do you spend?
11. 11.A pool holds 15,000 gallons of water. If 2,345 gallons are drained and then 1,890 gallons are added, how much water is in the pool?
12. 12.If a machine produces 156 parts per hour, how many parts does it produce in 7.5 hours?
13. 13.A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If you eat 3/8 of the pizza and your friend eats 1/4, what fraction of the pizza is left?
14. 14.A train travels 892 kilometers in 4 hours. What is its average speed in kilometers per hour?
15. 15.A school has 1,248 students. If 5/8 of them bring lunch from home, how many students bring lunch?
16. 16.A rectangular garden is 15.5 meters long and 8.5 meters wide. What is its area?
17. 17.If you save $12.50 per week, how much will you save in 52 weeks?
18. 18.A container holds 3.5 liters. How many containers are needed to hold 28 liters?
19. 19.If 2/5 of a class are boys and there are 18 boys, how many students are in the class?
20. 20.A movie is 2 hours and 15 minutes long. If it starts at 7:30 PM, what time does it end?