Mental Maths Questions Worksheet for Class 5
How to do it in your head (Look first): A 9, 19 or 99 → round and adjust. Two close numbers → count up (or near doubles when adding). × or ÷ by 4 or 8 → double or halve; other sums → split into tens and ones.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Best estimate of 357 + 757? (a) 1000 (b) 1400 (c) 1200
- 2.32 + 38 =
- 3.48 − 9 =
- 4.Best estimate of 73 × 31? (a) 21000 (b) 2100 (c) 210
- 5.26 × 9 =
- 6.A film starts at 4:00 and ends at 7:05. How many minutes long is the film?
- 7.84 + ? = 100
- 8.64 + 52 =
- 9.A train leaves at 4:05 and reaches the next city at 6:45. How many minutes is the journey?
- 10.130 − 75 =
- 11.13² =
- 12.56 + 41 =
- 13.504 − 478 =
- 14.54 + ? = 100
- 15.You buy a notebook for ₹43 and a pen for ₹43. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 16.78 + 6 =
- 17.23 + 24 =
- 18.21 + ? = 100
- 19.8 + ? = 10
- 20.5 + ? = 10
- 21.38 + 5 =
- 22.82 − 68 =
- 23.14² =
- 24.7 + ? = 10
- 25.Double 49 =
- 26.1 + ? = 10
- 27.60 + 82 =
- 28.33 × 8 =
- 29.117 ÷ 9 =
- 30.You start your homework at 3:05 and finish at 5:15. How many minutes did you work?
- 31.23 × 4 =
- 32.A film starts at 7:30 and ends at 8:35. How many minutes long is the film?
- 33.16 + 5 =
- 34.A cricket match starts at 6:10 and the first innings ends at 8:35. How many minutes did the innings last?
- 35.65 − 45 =
- 36.32 children stand in rows of 3. How many full rows can they make?
- 37.107 − 95 =
- 38.A film starts at 2:35 and ends at 3:15. How many minutes long is the film?
- 39.16 + 18 =
- 40.You buy a storybook for ₹40 and a pen for ₹18. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
Answer key
- 1200
- 70
- 39
- 2100
- 234
- 185
- 16
- 116
- 160
- 55
- 169
- 97
- 26
- 46
- 14
- 84
- 47
- 79
- 2
- 5
- 43
- 14
- 196
- 3
- 98
- 9
- 142
- 264
- 13
- 130
- 92
- 65
- 21
- 145
- 20
- 10
- 12
- 40
- 34
- 42
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