Decimal Word Problems Worksheets for 5th Grade

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Grade 5MathDecimalsCCSS 5.NBT.B.7

Skill: Solving word problems that add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals

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Teaching tips and what to try next

This is a capstone for 5th-grade decimal work, best after children can do each operation on its own. Look at which problems your child misses: a wrong operation means more story practice, while wrong digits mean going back to the sheet for that operation. For focused practice, use Multiplying Decimals and Dividing Decimals by Decimals.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

This fifth grade worksheet has eight real-world decimal word problems, one for each common situation: adding prices, finding a length that is left after a cut, multiplying a weight, finding the price of one item, comparing two distances, making change, counting how many glasses a jug fills, and cutting a board into equal pieces.

The problems use all four operations, so children must decide what to do before they calculate, which is exactly the skill that word problems test. Money answers use a dollar sign and two decimal places. Each of the 10 versions uses new numbers, names and a new order.

How to use it: for each story, have your child underline the question, circle the numbers and the units, and say which operation they will use and why. Then estimate before calculating. For example, if a book set costs about $40 for 5 books, one book should cost about $8. For the change problem, point out that there are two steps: find the total cost, then subtract it from the amount paid. Always write the unit or dollar sign with the answer.

The answer key gives every answer with its unit. For more practice, try our Multiplying Decimals and Dividing Decimals by Decimals worksheets.