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Class 5 maths questions.
Maths questions for Class 5, at the level of students aged 9–11, each with its answer and a short explanation. Try each one before opening the answer.
A rectangular garden in Pune has a length of 15 metres. Its width is 8 metres. What is its perimeter?
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Answer: 46 metres
The perimeter of a rectangle is 2 × (length + width). Here, 2 × (15 + 8) = 2 × 23 = 46 metres.
Rohan bought 6 notebooks for ₹150 in total. What is the cost of 9 such notebooks?
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Answer: ₹225
One notebook costs ₹150 ÷ 6 = ₹25. Therefore, 9 notebooks cost 9 × ₹25 = ₹225.
A water tanker holds 1,500 litres of water. It fills 6 identical smaller tanks completely. How much does each small tank hold?
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Answer: 250 litres
Dividing the total capacity of 1,500 litres equally among 6 tanks gives 1,500 ÷ 6 = 250 litres each.
Kavita bought 4 notebooks for ₹25.50 each. How much money did she pay in total?
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Answer: ₹102
Multiply ₹25.50 by 4: 25.50 × 4 = ₹102.
What is the difference between the place value and face value of the digit 7 in the number 47,523?
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Answer: 6,993
The place value of 7 is 7,000, and its face value is 7. Their difference is 7,000 - 7 = 6,993.
Kabir scored 18, 22, and 26 runs in three cricket matches. What is his average score per match?
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Answer: 22
To find the average, add all scores and divide by 3. 18 + 22 + 26 = 66, and 66 ÷ 3 = 22.
What fraction of a metre is 75 centimetres in its simplest form?
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Answer: 3/4
One metre equals 100 centimetres. The fraction is 75/100, which reduces to 3/4 by dividing both by 25.
A water tank holds 2500 millilitres of water. How many litres is this?
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Answer: 2.5 litres
Since 1 litre equals 1000 millilitres, divide 2500 by 1000. This equals 2.5 litres.
What is the lowest common multiple of 6, 8, and 12?
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Answer: 24
Multiples of 12 are 12, 24, 36. Among these, 24 is the smallest number divisible by 6, 8, and 12.
Two traffic lights blink together. One blinks every 6 seconds, and the other blinks every 8 seconds. After how many seconds will they blink together again?
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Answer: 24 seconds
Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8. The multiples of 8 are 8, 16, 24, and 24 is divisible by 6.
A rectangular garden is 18 metres long and 12 metres wide. What is the total length of wire needed to fence it once?
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Answer: 60 metres
The perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times (length + breadth). Here, 2 × (18 + 12) = 2 × 30 = 60 metres.
Kabir scored 15, 18, 22, and 25 runs in four overs. What is his average score per over?
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Answer: 20
Add the scores together: 15 + 18 + 22 + 25 = 80. Divide 80 by 4 overs to get 20.
- True or false?
The number 2 is the only even prime number.
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Answer: True
Every even number greater than 2 can be divided by 2. Thus, 2 is the only even prime number.
- True or false?
A container holding 3 litres of water contains 300 millilitres.
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Answer: False
One litre equals 1,000 millilitres. Therefore, 3 litres of water equals 3,000 millilitres.
- True or false?
An angle that measures 95 degrees is an acute angle.
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Answer: False
An acute angle measures less than 90 degrees. An angle measuring 95 degrees is greater than 90 degrees, making it an obtuse angle.
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The smallest number that is a multiple of both 6 and 8 is ___.
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Answer: 24
Multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24, while multiples of 8 are 8, 16, 24. Their smallest shared multiple is 24.
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If six notebooks cost 120 rupees, then the cost of nine such notebooks is ___ rupees.
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Answer: 180
One notebook costs 120 divided by 6, which is 20 rupees. Nine notebooks cost 9 times 20, which is 180 rupees.
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A water bottle holds 750 millilitres, so four such full bottles contain ___ litres of water.
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Answer: 3
Four bottles hold 4 × 750 = 3000 millilitres. Since 1000 millilitres equal 1 litre, 3000 millilitres equal 3 litres.
Which angle measurement is the odd one out?
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Answer: 115°
35°, 65°, and 85° are acute angles because they are less than 90°. 115° is an obtuse angle because it is greater than 90°.
Which solid shape is the odd one out?
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Answer: Cylinder
A cube, cuboid, and triangular prism have only flat faces. A cylinder has a curved surface.
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