WORD PROBLEMS WITH MIXZED OPERATIONS WORKSHEET

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Problem 1 :

Tasha spends 25 minutes reading on Wednesday night. She spends 17 more minutes reading on Thursday than she did on Wednesday. Find how many minutes Tasha spent reading on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Tasha spent ____minutes reading.

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Problem 2 :

There are 15 boys and 19 girls in math club. The tables in Mrs. Miller’s classroom seat 4 students each. Find how many tables Mrs. Miller will need.

Mrs. Miller will need  _____tables.

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Problem 3 :

Erik has 2 bags of bird seed. One bag has 10 pounds of seed, and the other bag has 8 pounds of seed. He fills 7 bird feeders with 2 pounds each. Find how many pounds of bird seed are left.

There are ________pounds left.

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Problem 4 :

Frankie earns $5 each time he babysits his little sister. He has saved $30. Frankie wants to save $52 to buy a new skateboard. Find how many more times Frankie will need to babysit.

Frankie will need to babysit _______more times.

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Problem 5 :

The fourth grade children went for a field trip in 3 buses. There were 38 children on each bus. How many children were there in total?

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Problem 6 :

48 boys are participating in a competition. If each group has 4 boys, how many groups are there?

1) What is known? What do you want to know?

2) Write what is known in the diagram and find the answer

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Problem 7 :

There are 9 mugs. On each mug, students paint 7 flowers and 5 trees. How many flowers are painted in all?

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Problem 8 :

Dawn made 4 vests. On each vest she sewed 10 buttons and 12 stars. How many buttons did she sew?

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Problem 1:

There are 5 times as many tulips as rose bushes in a garden. There are 15 tulips. How many rose bushes are in the garden?

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Problem 2 :

Kelly has 2 times as many quarters as dimes. She has 18 quarters. How many dimes does she have?

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Problem 3 :

There are 18 blueberries in a bowl. There are 3 times as many blueberries as strawberries in the bowl. How many strawberries are in the bowl?

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Problem 4 :

Amanda swims for 16 minutes. This is 4 times as many minutes as Julio swims. How many minutes does Julio swim?

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Problem 5 :

A tile pattern has 6 times as many white squares as gray squares. There are 48 white tiles in the pattern. How many gray tiles are there?

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Problem 6 :

Leah has 3 times as many country songs as she has pop songs on her MP3 player. She has 27 country songs. How many pop songs Leah have?

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Problem 7 :

Erik sees 42 stars in the sky on Tuesday night. This is 7 times as many as he sees on Monday night. How many stars does Erik see on Monday night?

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Problem 8 :

Lucas spends 72 minutes cleaning his room. This is 8 times as long as it takes him to wash the dishes. How long does it take Lucas to wash the dishes?

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