Does Motion 5 work well with Final Cut Express?

I have Final Cut Express, and I want to use Motion 5 with FCE. Do I have to buy Final Cut Pro X to use Motion 5?

You can buy Motion 5 without FCP X - I have exactly that.
You will not be able to send to or move around items from within FCE to Motion 5 however that is no different to Motion 5 and FCP 7!
What you can do is create your animated movie in Motion 5 and output your final movie with/without transparency as needed so you can then import that into FCE and place on your timeline over the background video as required.
Tip - decide how long you want your final animated clip in FCE and then when you create your Motion file set the duration to be the same or slightly longer.
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