Fractions – mixed operations word problems
Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheet
1. In 2 days of working, Jacob earned $15 on Monday from selling
recyclable bottles and $27 from recyclable cans on Tuesday.
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He put of his earnings in his piggy bank and used the rest to
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buy a shirt. How much money did he save?
2. Nathan went to the mall to buy a pair of jeans. The price of a
pair of jeans was $60. They were on sale, so the price was less
one-tenth of the original price. Every loyalty card holder gets
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an additional discount, which is off the original price. How
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much did he pay for the pair of jeans if he has a loyalty card?
3. There were 80 oranges in the basket. Marcus ate 5 of them.
Owen shared one-third of the oranges left in the basket with his
friends. How many oranges were left in the basket after James
took 5?
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4. A box of pizza was left out on the table by Levi’s brother. of
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the pizza had already been eaten by his brother. Levi ate of
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the pizza on the table and drank 2 glasses of soda. How much
of the whole pizza did Levi eat?
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5. To bake a loaf bread requires kilograms of flour and of a box
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of butter. How many loaves of bread can a baker make if he
has 40 kilograms of flour?
6. There are 6 boxes, each containing 12 candy bars. How many
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candy bars are there altogether? If of the candy bars are
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chocolate, how many chocolate bars are there?
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Mixed operations word problems
Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheet
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books and 1,240
reference books.
1. All books, except the reference books, are available for loan.
How many books are available for loan?
2. Reference books are for use in the library. There are 16
bookshelves for the reference books. After use, they need to be
returned to a special collection box for shelving. If 128
reference books are in use and 84 reference books are in the
collection box, how many reference books are on the shelf?
3. Each patron pays an annual fee of $36 to the library. If the
library collects $20,304 from the annual fee,
how many patrons are there?
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4. Each patron can borrow up to 6 books. If all the patrons are
currently holding on to 6 books each, how many books are left
in the library?
5. Each patron can borrow the books for 2 weeks and renew the
loan twice. What is the maximum number of days can a patron
keep the books he borrowed from the library?
6. Write an equation using “𝑥” and then solve the equation.
The late fee for each day is $2. A patron paid $72 for 𝑥 books
that are overdue for 9 days.
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Mixed operations word problems
Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheet
A fitness center has a swimming pool and a gym. There are 3,924
members in the fitness club. There are two kinds of membership:
regular and VIP. Each regular member pays $25 per month and
each VIP member pays $480 per year.
1. There are 2,915 regular members. How many VIP members are
there?
2. How much in membership fees does the fitness center receive
from the regular members each month?
3. How much more does a VIP member pay than a regular
member over a year for the fitness center membership?
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4. For every 30 members, the fitness center must hire 1 staff
member for the gym. How many staff members does the fitness
center need to hire for the gym?
5. The lifeguard on duty gets 10 minutes of breaks for every 2
hours he works. How much break time does the lifeguard get
during a 6-hour shift?
6. Write an equation using “𝑥” and then solve the equation.
During a promotion for the VIP membership program, the new
VIP members received a discount of $𝑥. 34 new VIP members
signed up, and the gym received $13,260 of membership fees
from them.
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Mixed practice word problems
Grade 5 Math Word Problems Worksheet
1. There are 12 people in Mrs. Hilt’s living room. 6 people are
wearing socks and 4 people are wearing shoes. 3 people are
wearing both. How many people are in bare feet?
2. Mrs. Hilt read 21 books. Each book had exactly 2,010 words in it.
She sold five of her books for $4.95 each. How many words did
Mrs. Hilt read?
3. Mrs. Hilt has a pizza that is 35 inches in diameter. What is the
radius of that pizza?
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4. Mrs. Hilt has 6 pizzas. Each pizza has 6 slices. She sold one-fourth
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( ) of the pizza slices. How many slices were left?
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5. Mrs. Hilt's yard is 48 feet long and 39 feet wide. What's the area
of Mrs. Hilt's back yard?
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