Word Problems, Grade 5

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Word Problems
Grade 5
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Table of Contents Grade 5
Chapter 1 Adding and Subtracting through 6 Digits
Chapter 1 Pretest ..................................................................................1
Lessons 1–4 .......................................................................................2–5
Chapter 1 Posttest .................................................................................6
Chapter 2 Multiplying through 4 Digits by 3 Digits
Chapter 2 Pretest ..................................................................................7
Lessons 1–5 .....................................................................................8–12
Chapter 2 Posttest ...............................................................................13
Chapter 3 Dividing through 5 Digits by 2 Digits
Chapter 3 Pretest ................................................................................14
Lessons 1–6 ...................................................................................15–19
Chapter 3 Posttest ...............................................................................20
Chapter 4 Understanding Fractions
Chapter 4 Pretest ................................................................................21
Lessons 1–6 ...................................................................................22–26
Chapter 4 Posttest ...............................................................................27
Chapter 5 Adding Fractions
Chapter 5 Pretest ................................................................................28
Lessons 1–5 ...................................................................................29–32
Chapter 5 Posttest ...............................................................................33
Chapter 6 Subtracting Fractions and Understanding Decimals
Chapter 6 Pretest ................................................................................34
Lessons 1–5 ...................................................................................35–43
Chapter 6 Posttest ...............................................................................44
Chapters 1–6 Mid-Test 45–48
Chapter 7 Multiplying Fractions
Chapter 7 Pretest ................................................................................49
Lessons 1–4 ...................................................................................50–52
Chapter 7 Posttest ...............................................................................53
Chapter 8 Dividing Fractions
Chapter 8 Pretest ................................................................................54
Lessons 1–3 ...................................................................................55–58
Chapter 8 Posttest ...............................................................................59
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Table of Contents, continued
Chapter 9 Customary Measurement
Chapter 9 Pretest ...........................................................................60–61
Lessons 1–7 ...................................................................................62–69
Chapter 9 Posttest ..........................................................................70–71
Chapter 10 Metric Measurement
Chapter 10 Pretest .........................................................................72–73
Lessons 1–6 ...................................................................................74–79
Chapter 10 Posttest ........................................................................80–81
Chapter 11 Graphs and Probability
Chapter 11 Pretest .........................................................................82–83
Lessons 1–5 ...................................................................................84–88
Chapter 11 Posttest ........................................................................89–90
Chapter 12 Geometry
Chapter 12 Pretest .........................................................................91–92
Lessons 1–6 ...................................................................................93–96
Chapter 12 Posttest ........................................................................97–98
Chapter 13 Preparing for Algebra
Chapter 13 Pretest ..............................................................................99
Lessons 1–3 ...............................................................................100–104
Chapter 13 Posttest ...........................................................................105
Chapters 1–13 Final Test 106–111
Scoring Record for Posttests, Mid-Test, and Final Test ..........................112
Grade 5 Answers .......................................................................113–122
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157,238 people chose basketball, 95,215 people chose football, 63,482 people
chose baseball, 8,967 people chose soccer, 4,251 people chose tennis, 294 people
chose polo, and 53 people chose rugby.
1. How many people surveyed chose 4. Sharla notices the three sports that
either polo or rugby as their are chosen the most. How many
favorite sport? people in total chose basketball,
football, or baseball?
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people
2. What is the difference between 5. May looks for the three sports that
the number of people who chose are chosen least. How many people
basketball and the number of in all chose tennis, polo, or rugby?
people who chose football?
people
people
3. What is an estimate of the number 6. Roberto calculates the difference
of people who like soccer or tennis between the number of people who
best? Round the numbers to the chose football and the number of
nearest thousand. people who chose soccer. What is
the difference?
about people
people
Spectrum Word Problems Check What You Know
Grade 5 Chapter 1
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Lesson 1.1 Adding and Subtracting 2 and 3 Digits
Read the problem carefully and solve. Show your work under each question.
Carla’s Fabric Shop has many different patterns of fabric for sale. The shop sells
227 patterns made of cotton, 24 patterns made of rayon, 18 patterns made of wool,
and 35 patterns made of silk.
3. Kim wants to know how many
Helpful Hint
patterns are not made of rayon or
Read each question carefully before wool. How many patterns in the store
you decide which numbers to add are not made of rayon or wool?
or subtract. Check each answer to
be sure it makes sense. patterns
1. Julia wants to buy patterns made
of cotton or wool. How many total
patterns are made of cotton or wool
at the fabric shop?
4. Wilma sees that two fabrics in the
patterns shop have the fewest choices of
patterns. How many patterns in
total are made of these two fabrics?
patterns
2. Sandra does not like the feel of
cotton fabrics. She likes fabrics
5. Marta compares the number of
made of rayon or silk. How many
patterns made from cotton with
total patterns made of rayon or silk
the number of patterns made from
are at the fabric shop?
wool. How many more patterns are
patterns made from cotton than from wool?
patterns
Spectrum Word Problems Lesson 1.1
Grade 5 Adding and Subtracting 2 and 3 Digits
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Lesson 1.2 Adding and Subtracting 3 through 6 Digits
Read the problem carefully and solve. Show your work under each question.
Three towns are located near the city of Easton. The towns are Bransom, Newville,
and Sterling. The city of Easton has a population of 576,283. Bransom has
a population of 4,211, Newville has a population of 919, and Sterling has a
population of 652.
3. Tomas is comparing the populations
Helpful Hint
of the largest city and the smallest
When you subtract large numbers, town. How many more people live
first subtract the ones, then the tens, in Easton than in Sterling?
the hundreds, the thousands, and
so on. people
1. Sheryl lives in Easton. She thinks
she would like to live in one of the
small towns. How many more people
live in Newville than in Sterling?
4. A water company needs to provide
people water for all the people in Easton
and Bransom. How many people
live in the two towns?
people
2. Mr. Ruiz teaches fifth grade math.
One student guesses that 6,000
5. The doctors of Newville and Sterling
people altogether live in Bransom
want to build a new emergency
and Newville. How many people
room to serve the people in the two
actually live in the two towns?
towns. How many people would the
people emergency room serve in all?
people
Spectrum Word Problems Lesson 1.2
Grade 5 Adding and Subtracting 3 through 6 Digits
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Lesson 1.3 Adding 3 or More Numbers (3 to 6 Digits)
Read the problem carefully and solve. Show your work under each question.
Gnus (nus) are wild animals that look like a mix of a cow and a horse. Gnus live in
African grasslands. Gamekeepers are counting the herds of gnus in one area. Herd
A has 383,610 gnus. Herd B has 107,941 gnus. Herd C has 58,735 gnus. Herd D
has 5,479 gnus. Herd E has 224,878 gnus.
3. Miriam adds together all the herds
Helpful Hint
with less than 300,000 gnus. What
When you add large numbers, first is the total number of gnus in these
add the ones, and then the tens. herds?
Then, add the hundreds. Then, add
the thousands. Keep going until all gnus
the numbers are added.
1. Mr. Lee asks Tran how many gnus
are in the three smallest herds.
What is the total number of gnus
4. Jorge finds the sum of four of the
in the three smallest herds?
herds of gnus, not counting Herd C.
gnus What is that sum?
gnus
2. Linda says that there are about
5. Gamekeepers are writing a report
700,000 gnus in the three largest
about the gnus in their area. How
herds. How many gnus altogether
many gnus did they count in total?
were actually counted in the three
largest herds? gnus
gnus
Spectrum Word Problems Lesson 1.3
Grade 5 Adding 3 or More Numbers (3 to 6 Digits)
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