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
Steel and plastic paperclips
Salt mixed with pepper
Iron filings mixed with sand

A.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
B.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
C.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
D.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans

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

Sand stirred into water
Salt dissolved in water
Cooking oil floating on water
Dried peas mixed with flour

A.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
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.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — D (A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans) 2. Steel and plastic paperclips — B (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 3. Salt mixed with pepper — A (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 4. Iron filings mixed with sand — C (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not)
2.1. Sand stirred into water — D (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 2. Salt dissolved in water — A (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 3. Cooking oil floating on water — C (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 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.