Robotics Lab Math Challenge
A free, printable Grade 5 multi-step word problem worksheet themed around Robots. Each problem takes two or three steps to solve. Work them on screen or print the PDF — a teacher/parent answer key is included.
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1.A robot factory needs to assemble 120 circuit boards today. The morning shift robot built 3/5 of the total order, and the afternoon robot built 25 more. How many circuit boards are still needed to complete the order?23
2.A Mars rover starts the day with 300 units of battery power. It uses 18 units of power per hour while driving for 6 hours, then recharges 45 units using solar panels. How many units of battery power does the rover have now?237
3.Three exploration robots collected rock samples on Mars. Sparky found 48 samples, Bolt found 36 samples, and Gizmo found 60 samples. If they store all the samples equally into 6 storage canisters, how many samples go in each canister?24
4.A microchip sorter robot inspects a crate of 200 chips and rejects 1/4 of them for flaws. The robot then packs the remaining flawless chips into small boxes of 10 chips each. How many boxes can the robot fill completely?15
5.In a battle-bot arena, Bot-A earns 15 points for every target hit but loses 8 points for every penalty. During the match, Bot-A successfully hits 12 targets and receives 4 penalties. What is Bot-A's final score?148
6.A drone depot has 160 packages scheduled for delivery. The morning fleet delivers 3/8 of the packages. The depot splits the remaining packages equally among 5 afternoon drones. How many packages does each afternoon drone carry?20