Grade 5 Word Problems: Decimal subtraction word problems

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What students practice: Story contexts for decimal add/subtract; the standard stops at hundredths.

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Grade 5 · Word Problems

Decimal Subtraction Word Problems

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Example problems by difficulty

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Easy

A roll of wire starts at 9.51 meters. After cutting off 3.52 meters, how much wire remains?
Answer: 5.99
Ana saved up $17.54 over the summer. After buying a board game for $13.87, how much of the saved money is left?
Answer: 3.67

Standard

Andre gets $26.49 for a birthday and spends $19.28 on a craft kit. How much of the birthday money is left?
Answer: 7.21
Gabriel plans to go 7.77 kilometers on the course and has gone 2.49 kilometers so far. How much farther is there to go?
Answer: 5.28

Challenge

A class has $21.40 for a party. The class buys a box of colored pencils for $5.74. How much money is left?
Answer: 15.66
For a class project, a piece of fabric is 20.22 yards long. A piece measuring 10.92 yards is cut off. How much fabric is left?
Answer: 9.30

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Decimal addition word problems
Next skill: Multiplication word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5

Related Common Core standards

5.NBT.B.7 — Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths.

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.