ORDER OF OPERATIONS WORD PROBLEMS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

The middle school team scored three field goals worth three points each and two touchdowns worth six points each, including extra points. Write the numerical expression to find the team's score. Then evaluate the expression.

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Problem 2 :

The perimeter of a hexagon is found by adding the lengths of all six sides of the hexagon. For the hexagon below write the numerical expression to find the perimeter. Then evaluate the expression.

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Problem 3 :

Aisha bought school supplies consisting of 6 spiral notebooks costing $0.39 each, 2 packages of pencils at $0.79 each, and a ring binder  for $1.99. Write an expression to find the total amount Aisha spent on school supplies. Then evaluate the expression.

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Problem 4 :

Mr Firewalks took his family out to eat. They ordered 3 meals costing $8.99 each, 2 sodas at $1.50 each and 1 glass of tea for $1.25. Write an expression to find the total amount of Firewalks family spent on dinner before taxes and trip. Then evaluate the expression.

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Problem 5 :

At the electronics store, each video is priced at $10, each DVD is priced $15 and each CD priced at $25. Kyle buys 3 videos, 2 DVDs and 2 CDs. Set up the equation using order of operation to find his total cost without tax.

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Problem 6 :

Travis goes to the book fair where paperback books are $1.50 and hardback books are $3. Travis buys five paperback and two hardback books. How much change will Travis receive from a $20 bill?

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Problem 7 :

Kim sales necklaces to earn extra money. She charges $10 per necklace for material and $2.75 per hour to make unique gifts. How much would two necklaces cost together if one takes her an hour to make and the other three hours to make?

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Problem 8 :

You need to read 20 poems in 5 days for an English project. Each poem is 2 pages long. Evaluate the expression 20 × 2 ÷ 5 to fi nd how many pages you need to read each day.

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Problem 9 :

I measured the floor area of two rooms in my house. Both of the rooms are square shaped. One of them is 5 meters wide and the other is 4 meters wide. What is the total floor area ?

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Problem 1 :

A certain small factory employs 98 workers. Of these, 10 receive a wage of $150 per day and the rest receive $85.50 per day. To the management, a week is equal to 6 working days. How much does the factory pay out for each week?

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Problem 2 :

If the same factory has supplies expenses of $1135.78 a day in addition to the wages above and makes $60,128.72 in a week, what is the factory’s total profit or loss in one week?

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Problem 3 :

A certain Math Club makes 35 bars of laundry soap a week and sells these at $20 each. Before the soap can all be sold, the pupils found out that 6 bars were destroyed by mice. How much will be the total sale at the end of a four-week month? Write an expression and show your work and answer.

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Problem 4 :

Emily had 30 cookies to bring to school for her birthday. Three students wanted two cookies each. Then, a new student came to the school that day and he wanted three cookies. Then, one of the three kids gave their two cookies back. Emily was still passing out cookies. How many cookies did Emily have left to pass out after the students gave theirs back?

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Problem 5 :

Lilia scores 15 points fewer than Bob, who scores 35 points. Carol scores half as many points as Lilia. How many points does Carol score? Write an expression and evaluate it.

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Problem 6 :

The King family went out to eat. They ordered three combo meals, two sodas, and one iced tea. Write an expression representing their bill. Then, determine the cost of the dinner for the entire family.

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Problem 7 :

The diagram shows landing zones for skydivers. Zone 1 is for experts. The remaining space is divided in half and designated as Zones 2 and 3 for tandem divers. What is the area of Zone 2?

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Problem 8 :

A square plot of land has side lengths of 40 meters. An archaeologist divides the land into 64 equal parts. What is the area of each part?

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Problem 9 :

A glass block window is made of two diff erent-sized glass squares. The window has side lengths of 40 inches. The large glass squares have side lengths of 10 inches. Find the total area of the small glass squares.

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Problem 10 :

A square vegetable garden has side lengths of 12 feet. You plant flowers in the center portion as shown. You divide the remaining space into 4 equal sections and plant tomatoes, onions, zucchini, and peppers. What is the area of the onion section?

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