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Our maths worksheets are thoughtfully designed to make mathematical problems great fun for your year 5 students. 

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Some of our most popular resources include those on multiplication word problems, measuring angles, ordering fractions, and even roman numerals!

With over 200 pages of mathematical problems for your students to work through, Cazoom Maths worksheets are the perfect way for your year 5 students to develop their mathematical skills . 

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Cazoom Maths pdf year 5 maths worksheets cover all topics in the curriculum at this formative stage for young learners.

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Our resources include real life problems such as how to interpret different until, and use metric measures. Covering such a comprehensive range of maths topics, Cazoom has everything needed to help children practice their year 5 maths skills. 

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18 Word Problems For Year 5: Develop Their Problem Solving Skills Across Single and Mixed KS2 Topics

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Word problems for Year 5 are a great way to assess pupils’ number fluency. By the time primary school children reach Upper Key Stage 2, they will be building on their knowledge and understanding of the number system and place value, working with larger integers. An increased understanding of the connections between the different maths concepts is crucial, as children will be expected to tackle more complex, multi-step problems.

It is important children are regularly provided with the opportunity to solve a range of word problems and Year 5 maths worksheets with reasoning and problem solving incorporated alongside fluency, into all lessons.

To help you with this, we have put together a collection of 18 word problems aimed at Year 5 maths pupils.

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Download this free pack of multiplication word problems to help your Year 5 class grow their problem solving skills

Year 5 maths word problems in the national curriculum

The National Curriculum states that by Year 5, pupils should develop their ability to solve a wider range of problems, including increasingly complex properties of numbers and arithmetic, and problems demanding efficient written and mental methods of calculation. Children also begin to use the language of algebra for solving a range of problems.

By Year 5, pupils should be starting to gain confidence in solving more complex two-step and multi-step word problems, covering topics across the Year 5 curriculum.

Solve number and practical problems involving ordering and comparing numbers to at least 1,00,000; counting forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10; interpreting negative numbers in context and rounding to the nearest 10,100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000.

Solve addition and subtraction word problems and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign.

Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including using knowledge of factors, multiples, squares and cubes and scaling by simple fractions.

Solve problems involving numbers up to 3 decimal places and problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents.

Solve time word problems and those involving converting between units of time and problems involving measure (for example, length, mass, volume and money word problems ) using decimal notation and scaling.

Solve comparison, sum and difference problems, using information presented in a line graph.

Word problems are an important element of the Year 5 curriculum. By this stage, children need to be building confidence in approaching a range of one, two and multi-step word problems . They require children to be creative and apply the skills they have learnt to a range of real-life situations. 

Children need to be taught the skills for successfully approaching and tackling word problems. Reading the question carefully and identifying the key information needed to tackle the problem, is the first step, followed by identifying which calculations are required for solving it and deciding whether it will be helpful to draw a picture/ visual representation to understand and answer the question. 

Using mental maths skills to round and estimate an answer is also very helpful for children to establish whether their final answer is realistic. Children need to also be able to calculate the inverse, to be able to check their answer, once the problem has been completed.

See also: Mental maths year 5

Here is an example:

A transport museum has 1243 visitors on Monday morning and another 1387 visitors in the afternoon. On Tuesday 736 fewer visitors go to the museum than who visited on Monday.

How many visitors were there altogether on Tuesday?

How to solve:

What do you already know?

  • The number of visitors on Monday morning and Monday afternoon are given separately. They need to be added together to give the total number of visitors for Monday.
  • ‘Fewer’ means I will need to subtract the number of fewer visitors on Tuesday from the total number of visitors on Monday.
  • Column addition and subtraction will be needed to solve this question.

How can this be drawn/represented pictorially?

We can draw a bar model to represent this problem:

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  • To calculate the total number of visitors on Monday, we need to add 1243 and 1387 together. 1243 + 1387 = 2630
  • The number of fewer visitors on Tuesday needs to be subtracted from Monday’s total: 2630 – 736 = 1894.
  • The total number of visitors on Tuesday was 1894.

In Year 5, addition word problems can involve whole numbers with over 4 digits and decimal numbers. Children should be able to round number to check the accuracy and begin to solve two step number problems 

Addition question 1

Gemma picks two cards from the cards below and adds them together.  She is able to make three different totals. What will they be?

2365     6281      9782

Answer (2 marks) : 12,147   16,063  8646

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Addition question 2

Ahmed adds two of these numbers mentally.

357         280          294          232

In his calculation, he exchanges twice to create one ten and one hundred. Write Ahmed’s calculation and work out the total.

Answer (1 mark) : 357 + 294 = 651

long addition example

Addition question 3

Change one digit in the calculation below, so that the answer is a multiple of 10.

Answer (1 mark) : 723 + 347 = 1070

Subtraction word problems in Year 5 require pupils to be confident subtracting numbers over 4 digits and problems involving decimal numbers. Pupils need to be able to round numbers to check accuracy and to use subtraction when solving mixed word problems. 

Subtraction question 1

A coach is travelling 4924 km across the USA It has 2476 km to go. How many kilometres has the coach already travelled?

Answer (1 mark) : 2448 km

long subtraction example

Subtraction question 2

A primary school printed 7283 maths worksheets in the Summer term. 2156 were for Key Stage 1 pupils. How many were printed for Key Stage 2?

Answer (1 mark): 5127 worksheets

long subtraction example

Subtraction question 3

 A clothing company made £57,605 profit in 2021 and £73,403 in 2022.  How much more profit did the company make in 2022 than in 2021?

Answer (1 mark): £15,798

long subtraction example

In year 5, multiplication word problems include problems involving times tables and multiplying whole numbers up to 4-digits by 1 or 2-digit numbers. Pupils also need to be able to combine multiplication with other operations, in order to solve two-step word problems. 

Multiplication question 1

In this diagram, the numbers in the circles are multiplied together to make the answer in the square between them.

Complete the missing numbers.

complete the missing number

Answer (1 mark)

complete the missing number answer

Multiplication question 2

Mrs Jones was printing the end of year maths test. Each test had 18 pages and 89 pupils were sitting the test. Mrs Jones also needed to print out 12 copies for the teachers and Teaching Assistants who were helping to run the test. 

How many pieces of paper did Mrs Jones need to put in the photocopier, to make sure she had enough for all the tests?

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Multiplication question 3

A school is booking a trip to Alton Towers. Tickets cost £22 per pupil. There are 120 children in each year group and all the children from 3 year groups will be going.

What will be the total price for all the tickets?

Answer (2 marks): £7920

long multiplication question

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In Year 5, division word problems can involve whole numbers up to 4 digits being divided by 1-digit numbers. Pupils need to understand how to answer word problems, when the answer involves a remainder.

Division question 1

Tom has 96 cubes and makes 12 equal towers. Masie has 63 cubes and makes 9 equal towers. Whose towers are tallest and by how many cubes?

Answer (2 marks): Tom

Tom’s tower has more cubes. His towers have 1 more cube than Maise’s towers.

96 ÷ 12 = 8

Division question 2

A cake factory has made cakes to deliver to a large event. 265 cakes have been baked. How many boxes of 8 cakes can be delivered to the event?

Answer (2 marks) : 33 boxes

long division question

Division question 3

Lily collected 1256 stickers. She shared them between her 8 friends. How many stickers did each friend get

Answer (1 mark): 157 stickers

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In Year 5, fractions word problems and decimals can include questions involving ordering, addition and subtraction of fractions. They can also involve converting between fractions and decimals. 

Fraction and decimal question 1

Isobel collected 24 conkers. She gave \frac{1}{8} of the conkers to her brother. How many conkers did she have left?

Answer (1 mark): 21 conkers left

\frac{1}{8} of 24 = 3

24 – 4 = 21

Fraction and decimal question 2

Ahmed counted out 32 sweets. He gave \frac{1}{4} of the sweets to his brother and \frac{3}{8} of the sweets to his friend. How many sweets did he have left?

Answer (2 marks): 12 sweets

\frac{1}{4} of 32 = 8

\frac{3}{8} of 32 = 12

He gave away 20 sweets, so had 12 left for himself.

Fraction and decimal question 3

Two friends shared some pizzas, 1 ate 1 \frac{1}{2} pizzas, whilst the other ate \frac{5}{8} of a pizza. How much did they eat altogether?

Answer (1 mark): 2 \frac{1}{8} of pizza

1 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{12}{8}

\frac {12}{8} + \frac{5}{8} = \frac{17}{8} = 2 \frac{1}{8} pizzas

Problems with mixed operations, or ‘multi-step’ word problems, require two or more operations to solve them. A range of concepts can be covered within mixed problems, including the four operations, fractions, decimals and measures. These are worth more marks than some of the more straightforward, one-step problems.

Mixed operation question 1

At the cake sale, Sam buys 6 cookies and a cupcake . He pays £2.85 altogether. Naya buys 2 cookies and pays 90p altogether.

How much does the cupcake cost?

Answer (2 marks): 60p for one cupcake

money word problem

Mixed operation question 2

Large biscuit tin – 48 biscuits (picture of boxes here) Small biscuit tin – 30 biscuits Ben bought 2 large tins of biscuits and 3 small tins.

How many biscuits did he buy altogether?

Answer (2 marks): 186 biscuits

2 x 48 = 96

3 x 30 = 90

96 + 90 = 186 biscuits

Mixed operation question 3

The owner of a bookshop bought a box of 15 books for £150.

He sold the books individually for £12 each. 

How much profit did he make?

Answer (2 marks)

long multiplication money question

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Welcome to the Math Salamanders Year 5 Mental Maths Practise sheets. Here you will find a wide range of Mental Maths Worksheets aimed at Year 5 children which will help your child to learn number facts and practise their number skills.

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Our selection of mental maths worksheets is a great way of practising your number and maths skills.

The sheets can be used in a variety of ways, as a test or revision practise, or as part of a weekly quiz to help reinforce skills.

They can also be used as an oral and mental starter to a lesson to get brains working!

One of the best ways to use these sheets is to get children to work in pairs, discussing the questions as they work through them.

The questions have been designed to practise a range of maths skills from number to geometry and measurement facts, including using time and money.

The quizzes are in order of difficulty with the questions getting slightly harder in each quiz.

Our Year 5 Mental Math Worksheets contain a wide range of different questions and math skills.

Each sheet contains 16 questions, and is provided with an answer sheet.

The level of difficulty gets harder as you progress through the sheets.

The topics covered include:

  • mental arithmetic - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division;
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  • place value questions up to 10000 including decimals;
  • geometry questions based around 2d and 3d shape properties;
  • money questions;
  • fraction and decimal problems;
  • measures problems;
  • word problems;
  • time questions, including date and calendar questions.

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Reasoning/Problem Solving Maths Worksheets for Year 5 (age 9-10)

Real life problem solving.

A collection of problem solving activities based on real life situations.

Preview of worksheet  Solve single step 'real life' problems

Some of the questions are quite long, but they can be answered with a single step operation.

Preview of worksheet Multi step problems using bar models

Using bar models to help understand what to do to solve multi-step problems.

Preview of worksheet  Solve multi step word problems

Much trickier questions as they all need more than one step to reach the right answer.

Preview of worksheet Multi-step problems: shopping

Multi-step problems with shopping.

Preview of worksheet Multi-step problems: hobbies

Tricky multi-step problems on thew theme of hobbies.

Preview of worksheet Multi-step problems: using cards

Multi-step problems: using cards.

Preview of worksheet Multi-step problems: using place value charts

Multi-step problems: using place value charts.

Preview of worksheet Vending machine

Buying snacks and drinks from a vending machine.

Preview of worksheet Work out the price of the plants

Straightforward addition of money which can be done mentally, maybe using jottings to help.

Preview of worksheet Cost of houseplants

Work out the cost of the plants from the information given.

Preview of worksheet Buying three houseplants

Addition of money to really stretch the brain!

Preview of worksheet Meal deal

Choosing sets of meals to save money with the meal deal.

Preview of worksheet Days out (1)

Solving problems involving '3 for 2' voucher offer.

Preview of worksheet Days out (2)

Solving money problems with 3 for 2 offers and percentages.

Preview of worksheet Days out (3)

More percentage problems.

Preview of worksheet  Solve problems involving money

Money, money, money! Lots of money questions which will need a lot of working out!

Preview of worksheet Solving multi step problems

Tricky word problems needing more than one step to solve.

Preview of worksheet  Solve problems involving measurement

Questions all on the theme of measurement, including length, capacity and weight.

Preview of worksheet  Solve problems involving time

Hours, minutes seconds are all found in these questions on time.

Preview of worksheet 5-digit numbers: problem solving

Find the number from the clues given.

Preview of worksheet Problem solving: inverse operations

Solve multi-step problems and check by carrying out inverse operations.

Preview of worksheet Digit cards: largest and smallest numbers

Find the largest and smallest numbers and the difference between them.

Preview of worksheet  Choose the correct strategy

Not so much the correct answer needed; more choosing the method and an explanation of how to solve the problem.

Fractions, decimals and divisibility

Problem solving involving fractions, decimals and tests of divisibility.

Preview of worksheet Bar modelling: facts about decimals

Finding facts about decimal fractions, including bar modelling.

Preview of worksheet Bar modelling facts about decimal (2)

Finding facts about decimal fractions, including using bar modelling to help.

Preview of worksheet Order decimals

Order decimals.

Preview of worksheet Find half way between two decimals

Find half way between two decimals.

Preview of worksheet Word problems with decimals

Word problems with decimals.

Preview of worksheet Ordering fractions

Ordering fractions.

Preview of worksheet  Tests of divisibility

Some tests of divisibility are easy, such as divisible by 2, 5 or 10. Others, such as divisible by 6 or 8 are much harder.

Challenges and investigations

Further challenges, investigations and games requiring sound mathematical thinking and working in a systematic way.

Preview of worksheet  More on odd and even numbers

More on odd and even numbers, plus a little bit on multiples.

Preview of worksheet 12 to 15 square

Place the digits in the rows and columns to make the total shown in the middle.

Preview of worksheet  More problem solving

Some great ideas for children to use as starting points to investigate further.

Preview of worksheet  Make and investigate general statements

Find examples to back up general statements about numbers, shape etc.

Preview of worksheet  Use binary trees to solve problems

Binary trees are often used in science, but here we use them to sort numbers.

Preview of worksheet Challenges and Investigations in Year 5

A look at some of the maths concepts involved with investigations in year 5.

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Daily Maths Word Problems - Year 5

Updated:  04 Oct 2023

A set of 20 problem solving questions suited to year 5 students.

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  • Curriculum Curriculum:  AUS V8, NSW, VIC, AUS V9
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Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems

Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations

Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by one- or two-digit numbers using efficient mental, written strategies and appropriate digital technologies

Solve problems involving division by a one digit number, including those that result in a remainder

Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems

WholeNumbers - orders, reads and represents integers of any size and describes properties of whole numbers

AdditionandSubtraction - selects and applies appropriate strategies for addition and subtraction with counting numbers of any size

MultiplicationandDivision - selects and applies appropriate strategies for multiplication and division, and applies the order of operations to calculations involving more than one operation

Express natural numbers as products of their factors, recognise multiples and determine if one number is divisible by another

Solve problems involving multiplication of larger numbers by one- or two-digit numbers, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; check the reasonableness of answers

Solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fraction

Check and explain the reasonableness of solutions to problems including financial contexts using estimation strategies appropriate to the context

Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations including financial contexts; formulate the problems, choosing operations and efficient calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms

Daily Maths Word Problems - Year 5 teaching resource

Advance Your Students’ Problem-Solving Skills

This set of problem-solving questions has been designed to support teachers when teaching students about problem-solving in mathematics. It provides students with the opportunity to work through 20 maths word problems, identifying the important information and how they can work it out using a variety of methods.

An answer sheet has been included. Use this resource in conjunction with the Daily Maths Problems PowerPoint.

NAPLAN Year 5 Maths Preparation

These simple problem-solving questions are also a great way to help students understand some of the word problems they may encounter when sitting NAPLAN. It’s important to give your students strategies that they can draw on when presented with a word problem in maths. Using these problem-solving questions here are some suggested strategies you can empower your students with:

  • Daily practice. After spending time explicitly explaining how to work through a word problem – use the word problems from these worksheets as daily problem-solving practice.
  • Teach them the strategies. There are many ways students can solve maths word problems such as; breaking the word problem into smaller parts and drawing a picture to visualise what the problem is asking.
  • Underline. Teach your students to underline the important parts of a maths word problem – remind them that there is often trick information in word problems that they don’t need to solve the problem.

How to Use This Resource

Once you download the PDF, there are many ways you can use the resource. Here are some suggestions:

  • Print and create booklets for your students to use.
  • Cut and laminate each word problem and have students use mini whiteboard markers to solve one problem a day.

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