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 18 × 37? (a) 8000 (b) 800 (c) 80
- 2.89 − 59 =
- 3.You buy a cricket ball for ₹220 and pay with a ₹500 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 4.37 + 67 =
- 5.Best estimate of 790 + 513? (a) 1300 (b) 1500 (c) 1100
- 6.111 − 80 =
- 7.14² =
- 8.81 × 5 =
- 9.156 ÷ 3 =
- 10.You buy a kite for ₹21 and a pen for ₹32. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 11.4 + ? = 10
- 12.A film starts at 3:15 and ends at 5:10. How many minutes long is the film?
- 13.54 + 61 =
- 14.2 + ? = 10
- 15.120 ÷ 8 =
- 16.You buy a water bottle for ₹61 and pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 17.7 + ? = 10
- 18.303 − 286 =
- 19.18² =
- 20.You buy a storybook for ₹72 and pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 21.27 + 26 =
- 22.17 + ? = 100
- 23.You buy a box of crayons for ₹16 and pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 24.27 + 6 =
- 25.26 + 6 =
- 26.73 × 3 =
- 27.A train leaves at 3:35 and reaches the next city at 4:25. How many minutes is the journey?
- 28.70 + 9 =
- 29.You start your homework at 2:10 and finish at 2:50. How many minutes did you work?
- 30.232 ÷ 8 =
- 31.5% of ₹820 =
- 32.You buy a bag of mangoes for ₹40 and a pen for ₹34. You pay with a ₹100 note. How much change do you get, in rupees?
- 33.65 × 4 =
- 34.A cricket match starts at 1:00 and the first innings ends at 4:20. How many minutes did the innings last?
- 35.12 × 8 =
- 36.80 − 25 =
- 37.218 − 181 =
- 38.17 × 8 =
- 39.132 ÷ 3 =
- 40.32 children stand in rows of 3. How many full rows can they make?
Answer key
- 800
- 30
- 280
- 104
- 1300
- 31
- 196
- 405
- 52
- 47
- 6
- 115
- 115
- 8
- 15
- 39
- 3
- 17
- 324
- 28
- 53
- 83
- 84
- 33
- 32
- 219
- 50
- 79
- 40
- 29
- 41
- 26
- 260
- 200
- 96
- 55
- 37
- 136
- 44
- 10
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