Grade 5 Word Problems worksheets
Multi-digit and decimal word problems with money and measurement contexts, plus multiplication and division stories.
- Addition word problems
Related standards: 4.NBT.B.4
- Subtraction word problems
Related standards: 4.NBT.B.4
- Decimal addition word problems
Related standards: 5.NBT.B.7
- Decimal subtraction word problems
Related standards: 5.NBT.B.7
- Multiplication word problems
Related standards: 5.NBT.B.5
- Division word problems
Related standards: 5.NBT.B.6
How the skills build
Addition and subtraction stories come first, followed by the decimal versions, then multiplication and division stories.
Using these worksheets
- Homework
Pick the decimal stories when a unit on money has just ended; children can sanity-check each answer against a realistic price.
Related standards
- 4.NBT.B.4: Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm.
- 5.NBT.B.7: Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths.
- 5.NBT.B.5: Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers.
- 5.NBT.B.6: Find whole-number quotients with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors.
Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.