Real-Life Measurement Challenges for Grade 5 Students

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 2 cups

• 5 cups

• 7.5 cups

• 10 cups

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A garden is 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the garden? If you want to put a fence around it, how many feet of fencing do you need?

• 30 feet

• 50 feet

• 24 feet

• 40 feet

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice. If you have 4 bottles, how many liters of juice do you have in total? If you pour out 2 liters, how much juice is left?

• 4 liters

• 3 liters

• 6 liters

• 5 liters

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A rectangular swimming pool is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. What is the area of the pool? If you want to cover it with a tarp that costs $5 per square foot, how much will it cost?

• The area of the pool is 150 square feet and the cost is $750.

• The area of the pool is 200 square feet and the cost to cover it with a tarp is $1000.

• The area of the pool is 200 square feet and the cost is $500.

• The area of the pool is 300 square feet and the cost is $1500.

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

A box contains 24 cookies. If you want to share them equally among 6 friends, how many cookies will each friend get? If you eat 2 cookies before sharing, how many cookies are left to share?

• Each friend gets 3 cookies, with 4 cookies left over.

• Each friend gets 4 cookies, with no cookies left over.

• Each friend gets 5 cookies, with 2 cookies left over.

• Each friend gets 2 cookies, with 12 cookies left over.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A school has 150 students. If 60% of them are girls, how many girls are there? If 30 more girls enroll, what will be the new total of girls?

• 120

• 100

• 150

• 90

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A recipe requires 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 4 times the recipe, how much sugar do you need? If you only have 2 cups of sugar, will you have enough?

• You need 2 cups of sugar.

• No, you do not have enough sugar.

• Yes, you have enough sugar.

• You need 3 cups of sugar.

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A train travels 90 miles in 1.5 hours. What is its average speed in miles per hour? If it continues at that speed for another 2 hours, how far will it have traveled in total?

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

• 180 miles

• 210 miles

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3 slices and your friend eats 2 slices, what fraction of the pizza is left? If you want to share the remaining pizza with 3 more friends, how many slices will each person get?

• 0.5 slices per person

• 1 slice per person

• 0.75 slices per person

• 2 slices per person

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B