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Grade 5 Economics Worksheet: Citizenship Word Problems
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Grade 5 Economics Worksheet: Citizenship Word Problems
Citizenship Word Problems
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Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Economics
Topic: Citizenship
Time: 20 Minutes
Difficulty: Challenging
Questions: 15
Instructions: Read each word problem carefully. Use what you know about citizenship, community responsibility, taxes, public services, and sharing resources to solve each question. Show your thinking on paper before writing your answer.
Skills Practiced:
Citizenship
Economics
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
1Question
Maya helps keep her neighborhood clean by picking up 4 pieces of litter every day for 5 days. How many pieces of litter does she pick up in all?
2Question
A class holds a recycling drive. Each of the 6 groups brings 3 bags of cans. How many bags of cans are collected?
3Question
A community garden gives 7 baskets of vegetables to the food bank on Monday and 7 more on Tuesday. How many baskets are donated altogether?
4Question
The city library buys 8 new books for each of its 4 reading corners. How many new books does the library buy in all?
5Question
A town has 45 volunteer workers. If they are divided equally among 5 park clean-up teams, how many volunteers are on each team?
6Question
During a school voting day, 3 classes each cast 12 votes for a class service project. How many votes are cast in all?
7Question
A neighborhood association plants 6 rows of trees with 9 trees in each row. How many trees are planted?
8Question
The fire station gives 4 safety lessons to each of 7 neighborhood groups. How many safety lessons are given in all?
9Question
A city collects 72 cans for a charity drive and puts them into bags with 8 cans in each bag. How many bags can the city fill?
10Question
A public playground needs 96 new balls. The city buys them in packs of 12. How many packs does the city need to buy?
11Question
A town council saves 150 dollars for new benches in a park. If each bench costs 25 dollars, how many benches can the town buy?
12Question
A community center offers 5 service clubs. Each club completes 18 hours of service in one month. How many service hours are completed in all?
13Question
A city budget gives 240 dollars for books and 60 dollars for library supplies. How much money is budgeted altogether?
14Question
A volunteer group spends 3 hours cleaning on Saturday and 4 hours cleaning on Sunday for 6 weeks. How many cleaning hours do they spend in all?
15Question
A city has 3 neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has 4 volunteer teams. Each team plants 15 flowers in the spring. How many flowers are planted altogether?