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
- 1.16² =
- 2.You buy a water bottle for ₹16 and a pen for ₹19. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 3.53 − 29 =
- 4.23 + 24 =
- 5.13 × 4 =
- 6.1024 − 986 =
- 7.335 ÷ 5 =
- 8.73 + 89 =
- 9.41 × 8 =
- 10.What is the remainder when 45 is divided by 4?
- 11.51 children stand in rows of 5. How many full rows can they make?
- 12.32 × 3 =
- 13.A train leaves at 3:55 and reaches the next city at 5:20. How many minutes is the journey?
- 14.You start your homework at 4:55 and finish at 6:00. How many minutes did you work?
- 15.41 + 29 =
- 16.89 − 78 =
- 17.72 + 81 =
- 18.8 + 9 =
- 19.21 + 35 =
- 20.Best estimate of 36 × 87? (a) 36000 (b) 3600 (c) 360
- 21.Half of 156 =
- 22.63 − 24 =
- 23.280 ÷ 8 =
- 24.4 + ? = 10
- 25.26 + 8 =
- 26.78 + 7 =
- 27.Best estimate of 796 + 628? (a) 1400 (b) 1600 (c) 1200
- 28.You buy a storybook for ₹41 and a pen for ₹39. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 29.A cricket match starts at 2:50 and the first innings ends at 3:45. How many minutes did the innings last?
- 30.9 + ? = 10
- 31.35 + 8 =
- 32.1013 − 987 =
- 33.You buy a kite for ₹11 and a pen for ₹20. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 34.316 − 286 =
- 35.58 laddoos are packed in boxes of 7. How many laddoos are left over?
- 36.53 laddoos are packed in boxes of 6. How many laddoos are left over?
- 37.Half of 148 =
- 38.You buy a water bottle for ₹410 and pay with a ₹500 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 39.30 × 4 =
- 40.11² =
Answer key
- 256
- 65
- 24
- 47
- 52
- 38
- 67
- 162
- 328
- 1
- 10
- 96
- 85
- 65
- 70
- 11
- 153
- 17
- 56
- 3600
- 78
- 39
- 35
- 6
- 34
- 85
- 1400
- 20
- 55
- 1
- 43
- 26
- 69
- 30
- 2
- 5
- 74
- 90
- 120
- 121
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