5th grade Math practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What number belongs in the box on the number line?
answer box
200000
Hint: The line is split into 10 equal jumps from 0 to 1,000 000, so each jump is 100,000. Count the jumps to the box.
Question 2
Round each factor to the nearest ten. What is the estimate for 12 × 73?
- 70
- 700
- 7000
- 1400
700
Hint: Round first, then multiply the friendly numbers: multiply the non-zero digits and attach the zeros.
Question 3
Divide.
261 ÷ 3 = ?
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87
Hint: Think: 3 × ? = 261. Split 261 into parts that divide easily by 3, like 240 and 21.
Question 4
Which fraction is greater than 1/2?
- 3/9
- 5/10
- 1/11
- 3/5
3/5
Hint: A fraction is greater than 1/2 when its numerator is more than half of its denominator. Exactly half means it equals 1/2.
Question 5
Round 1.818 to the nearest tenth.
- 1.82
- 2
- 1.8
- 1.9
1.8
Hint: Look at the digit just to the right of the tenths place. If it is 5 or more, round up; if it is less than 5, round down.
Question 6
Solve for p.
p ÷ 5 = 12
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60
Hint: Undo dividing by 5: multiply 12 by 5.
Question 7
9 × 8 = 72. What is 9 × 80?
- 7,200
- 72
- 720
720
Hint: Add one zero to 72.
Question 8
A wall and the floor of a room are…
- perpendicular
- the same
- parallel
perpendicular
Hint: They meet at a right angle.
Question 9
900 centimeters is how many meters?
- 12
- 7
- 90
- 9
- 90,000
9
Hint: 100 centimeters make 1 meter. Divide: 900 ÷ 100.
Question 10
Which expression means “multiply 7 by 3, then add 8”?
- (7 + 8) × 3
- 7 + 3 × 8
- 7 × (3 + 8)
- 7 × 3 + 8
7 × 3 + 8
Hint: Parentheses show what to do first.
Answer key
- 1. 200000 (Numbers to a Million)
- 2. 700 (Multiply)
- 3. 87 (Divide)
- 4. 3/5 (Equivalent Fractions)
- 5. 1.8 (Decimals)
- 6. 60 (Patterns & Equations)
- 7. 720 (Mental Math Tricks)
- 8. perpendicular (Parallel Lines and Quadrilaterals)
- 9. 9 (Converting Units)
- 10. 7 × 3 + 8 (Parentheses & Expressions)
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