Grade 5 Mathematics Questions and Answers
A free sample of Grade 5 Mathematics practice questions with the correct answer and an explanation, following the Lebanese curriculum. Useful for revision before school tests.
أسئلة الرياضيات للصف 5 مع الأجوبة والشرح وفق المنهج اللبناني.
How to use this page: read each question, try to answer it yourself, then open the answer to check your reasoning. Questions are grouped by the chapter they belong to on EduRise, in the order of the Lebanese Grade 5 Mathematics programme.
15 Grade 5 Mathematics practice questions
Chapter: Divisibility by 3, 4 and 9 · easy
1. 704 is divisible by 4 because:
- A. its digit sum is a multiple of 4
- B. its last two digits (04) form a multiple of 4
- C. it ends in an even digit
- D. it is greater than 4
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Answer: its last two digits (04) form a multiple of 4
Explanation: Criterion for 4: the last two digits.
Chapter: Divisibility by 3, 4 and 9 · easy
2. 1 124 is divisible by 4 because:
- A. its last two digits (24) form a multiple of 4
- B. it ends in an even digit
- C. it is greater than 4
- D. its digit sum is a multiple of 4
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Answer: its last two digits (24) form a multiple of 4
Explanation: Criterion for 4: the last two digits.
Chapter: Common Multiples, Divisors and Common Divisors of Two Whole Numbers · easy
3. 17 is a prime number (exactly two divisors).
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: True
Explanation: Divisors of 17: 1, 17 → prime.
Chapter: Common Multiples, Divisors and Common Divisors of Two Whole Numbers · easy
4. 13 is a prime number (exactly two divisors).
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: True
Explanation: Divisors of 13: 1, 13 → prime.
Chapter: The Decimal Numeration System · easy
5. In 5 423.61, which digit is in the hundredths place?
- A. 1
- B. 10
- C. 2
- D. 3
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Answer: 1
Explanation: Places from the left: thousands 5, hundreds 4, tens 2, ones 3, tenths 6, hundredths 1.
Chapter: The Decimal Numeration System · easy
6. 100 hundredths = ?
- A. 1 ten
- B. 1 thousand
- C. 1 tenth
- D. 1 one
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Answer: 1 one
Explanation: Each place is worth 10 times the place to its right.
Chapter: Equality and Simplification of Fractions; Mixed Numbers · easy
7. To get 12/24 from 3/6, we:
- A. add 4 to numerator and denominator
- B. multiply only the numerator by 4
- C. divide numerator and denominator by 4
- D. multiply numerator and denominator by 4
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Answer: multiply numerator and denominator by 4
Explanation: Equal fractions: same multiplication of both terms.
Chapter: Equality and Simplification of Fractions; Mixed Numbers · easy
8. To get 6/16 from 3/8, we:
- A. add 2 to numerator and denominator
- B. multiply numerator and denominator by 2
- C. multiply only the numerator by 2
- D. divide numerator and denominator by 2
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Answer: multiply numerator and denominator by 2
Explanation: Equal fractions: same multiplication of both terms.
Chapter: Comparing and Representing Decimal Numbers · easy
9. Compare: 18.09 ___ 17.79
- A. =
- B. <
- C. >
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Answer: >
Explanation: Compare whole parts, then tenths, then hundredths: 18.09 > 17.79.
Chapter: Comparing and Representing Decimal Numbers · easy
10. Compare: 5.27 ___ 5.25
- A. =
- B. >
- C. <
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Answer: >
Explanation: Compare whole parts, then tenths, then hundredths: 5.27 > 5.25.
Chapter: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions · easy
11. 1/8 + 5/8 = ? (simplified)
- A. 5/8
- B. 7/8
- C. 6/16
- D. 3/4
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Answer: 3/4
Explanation: Same denominator: 6/8 = 3/4.
Chapter: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions · easy
12. What is the smallest common denominator for adding a fraction over 7 and a fraction over 10?
- A. 10
- B. 140
- C. 70
- D. 17
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Answer: 70
Explanation: Smallest common multiple of 7 and 10: 70.
Chapter: Adding and Subtracting Decimals with Several Decimal Places · easy
13. Before computing 4.5 − 0.328 in columns, how should 4.5 be written?
- A. 4.5
- B. 04.5
- C. 4.500
- D. 450
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Answer: 4.500
Explanation: Add zeros so both numbers have 3 decimal digits.
Chapter: Adding and Subtracting Decimals with Several Decimal Places · easy
14. Before computing 3.4 − 0.814 in columns, how should 3.4 be written?
- A. 03.4
- B. 3.400
- C. 3.4
- D. 340
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Answer: 3.400
Explanation: Add zeros so both numbers have 3 decimal digits.
Chapter: Multiplying Decimals; the Rule "Multiply by a Decimal"; Product of a Duration by a Whole Number · easy
15. Without calculating: is 1.6 × 0.1 smaller or greater than 1.6?
- A. smaller
- B. greater
- C. equal
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Answer: smaller
Explanation: Multiplying by a number smaller than 1 gives a smaller result.
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