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.

Salt mixed with pepper
Salt dissolved in water
Dried peas mixed with flour
Iron filings mixed with sand

A.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
B.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
C.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
D.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind

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

Sand stirred into water
The colored inks in a black marker
Rice in the water it was washed in
Steel and plastic paperclips

A.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
B.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
C.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
D.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Salt mixed with pepper — A (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 2. Salt dissolved in water — D (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 3. Dried peas mixed with flour — B (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas) 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 — A (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 2. The colored inks in a black marker — B (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 3. Rice in the water it was washed in — D (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain) 4. Steel and plastic paperclips — C (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips)

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