Getting It Back Out is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on using a property of each material to separate a mixture, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Getting It Back Out

5-PS1-3

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Draw a line from each mixture to the way to separate it.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
Sand stirred into water
Gravel mixed with sand
Iron filings mixed with sand

A.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
B.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
C.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
D.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes

2.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Rice in the water it was washed in
Cooking oil floating on water
The colored inks in a black marker
Dried peas mixed with flour

A.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
B.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
C.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats
D.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — B (A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans) 2. Sand stirred into water — A (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 3. Gravel mixed with sand — D (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes) 4. Iron filings mixed with sand — C (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not)
2.1. Rice in the water it was washed in — D (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain) 2. Cooking oil floating on water — C (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 3. The colored inks in a black marker — A (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 4. Dried peas mixed with flour — B (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.