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5th Grade Word Problems
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1. What is 3/4 of 12?

2. You draw a rectangular picture that is 8 inches wide. It is 3 times as long as it is wide. What is the area of the picture?

3. Elle and her mom both ran as far as they could. Elle ran 2.45 miles, and her mom ran 2.35 miles. How far did they run all together?

4. Neil swam 23.6 meters, and Sheila swam 26.4 meters. How many more meters did Sheila swim than Neil?

5. There were 20 Reeses Peanut Butter cups but a hungry bear ate 2 of them. What percentage of the Reeses did he eat?

6. Chips Ahoy cookies have 60 calories in each one. Oreos have 40 calories in each one. Helen ate 5 Oreos and 5 Chips Ahoy. How many calories did she eat all together?

7. What is 2/3 of 18?

8. Brooke babysat for lots of children in her neighborhood. She earned $16.50 watching Bob, she earned $23.80 looking after Simon and she also babysat for little Grace. Brooke earned $68.90 all together. How much was she paid to watch Grace?

9. Three squared subtracted from the sum of twenty and fifteen.

10. Lucy loves to pet sit for her neighbors. She earned, $14.50 walking dogs, $3.25 feeding the fish and she also looked after a bunny. If she earned $21.45. How much did they pay her to watch the bunny?

11. George had 12 marbles and his little sister Anna took 3 of them. What percent of the marbles did she take?

12. Moapa is 30 miles due west of Mesquite and 50 miles due east of Las Vegas. How many miles apart are Mesquite and Las Vegas?

13. Crackers contain 12 calories each and cookies contain 52 calories each. If you eat 5 crackers and 2 cookies, how many calories have you consumed in all?

14. Jacob worked 36 hours at his job this week. Nevada minimum wage is $8.25. What would be the gross amount of this week of work? (Gross amount means before any deductions, such as taxes, insurance, etc. are taken out.)

15. A poster has an area of 48 square feet. If the length is 8 feet, what is its perimeter?

16. If you drink 14 cups of water a week, how many quarts did you drink?

17. Billy ran 7.5 mi, Nancy ran 11.75 mi, and Heather ran 21.5 mi. How many miles did they run altogether?

18. You bought 8 dvds for $22 each and 4 dvds for $13 each. What is the average price you paid for each movie?

19. What is 1/2 of 48?

20. Rachel has two 5 dollar bills, 4 one dollar bills, 6 quarters, 5 dimes, and 4 nickels. How much money does she have?

21. What is 1/3 of 9?

22. In science class the students need to measure a plant's growth over time. The first week, the plant was 3.04 cm tall. It tripled in size the second week, and then grew another 1.9 cm the third week. How tall was the plant after 3 weeks?

23. A square has an area of 16. What is the perimeter?

24. If you drink 10 cups of water a day, how many quarts will you drink in a week?

25. You want to start a necklace making business. You spend $0.68 on string for each necklace and $0.25 on beads for each necklace. You sell your necklaces for $2.00 each. If you sell 30 necklaces, how much profit will you make?

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