Word problems: multi-step (grade 5): printable worksheets
Two- and three-step word problems with whole numbers, money, measurements and volume at the grade 5 reading level, with remainders to interpret and parts (a) and (b).
Sample worksheet
The first 2 problems of a real worksheet, made the way the builder makes it. Open it in the builder to change the number of problems, the difficulty and the layout, then print.
1.
Lucía has 21 piles with 22 erasers each.
Lucía puts all the erasers into bags of 88.
How many bags does Lucía need?
Equation:
Lucía needs bags.
2.
Tariq has 76 muffins.
Tariq finds 28 more muffins.
Tariq wants 133 muffins in all.
How many more muffins does Tariq need?
Equation:
Tariq needs more muffins.
Show answers
1.
Equation: ; ;
Lucía needs 6 bags.
2.
Equation: ;
Tariq needs 29 more muffins.
What students practise
I can divide multi-digit numbers with long division.
Students divide up to four-digit dividends by one- and two-digit divisors with the standard algorithm, write remainders, and check by multiplying.
Key words
- dividend
- the number being divided
- divisor
- the number you divide by
- quotient
- the answer to a division
- remainder
- the amount left over that is less than the divisor
Common mistakes
- Skips a zero in the quotient when the divisor does not fit into a part.
- Leaves a remainder that is as big as the divisor or bigger.
- Writes the first quotient digit in the wrong place.
- Keeps a quotient digit from the rounded divisor without checking it.
Standards
Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.
- 5.OA.A.1: Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols. (unverified)
- 5.OA.A.2: Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. (unverified)
- 5.MD.C.5b: Apply the formulas V = l x w x h and V = b x h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems. (unverified)
Related topics
- Before this: Word problems: multi-step (Grade 4)
- Next: Fraction division (Grade 6)