Learn Littles • Daily Worksheet
5th Grade
Deeper reading, structured writing, fractions, and multi-step problem solving
Worksheet for 2026-10-02
📖 The Decimal Supply Order
A fictional craft club needed 18 strips of ribbon, each 0.75 meter long. The total ribbon required was 13.5 meters. Ribbon was sold in 5-meter rolls, so two rolls would not be enough. The club needed three rolls, providing 15 meters and leaving 1.5 meters after the strips were cut, assuming no cutting waste. The treasurer wrote that assumption beside the calculation. If each cut used some material or a strip were damaged, the remaining amount could be smaller. The calculation gave a useful plan without guaranteeing that real work would match the ideal exactly.
1. How much ribbon do the strips require?
2. How many rolls are needed?
3. What is the planned leftover amount?
4. Why record the no-waste assumption?
✏️ Writing
Explain the calculations and one reason to distinguish a plan from an exact outcome.
➕ Math
🎨 Color & Create
Draw three roll bars showing used ribbon and planned remainder.
View Answer Key
📖 Reading Answers
- 13.5 meters; 18 × 0.75.
- Three.
- 1.5 meters.
- Actual cutting loss or damage could reduce the leftover amount.
➕ Math Answers
- 5/6
- 4/6
- Examples: 4/6, 6/9, 8/12
- 3/4, because 0.75 > 0.6