Mixed Word Problems Worksheets

Printable Mixed Word Problems Worksheet

Use this student worksheet for classroom practice or homework. Decide whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide for each problem. The answer key prints separately.

Word Problems

#	Problem
1	A store had 45 apples and sold 17. How many are left?
2	There are 6 boxes with 8 pens each. How many pens in total?
3	72 students split into 9 equal teams. How many per team?
4	Sara had $20 and spent $7, then $5. How much is left?
5	A train has 12 cars with 36 seats each. How many seats?
6	144 cookies are packed 12 to a box. How many boxes?
7	Tom read 25 pages, then 30, then 28. How many in all?
8	A 5 m ribbon is cut into 25 cm pieces. How many pieces?
9	A theater seats 250; 175 are filled. How many are empty?
10	4 friends share $60 equally. How much each?
11	A bag has 18 red and 24 blue marbles. How many more blue?
12	A baker makes 9 trays of 15 muffins. How many muffins?
13	You buy 3 shirts at $12 each. What is the total cost?
14	A tank holds 200 L; 85 L is used. How much is left?
15	There are 8 packs of 6 juice boxes. How many juice boxes?
16	A 480 km trip takes 6 hours. What is the average km per hour?
17	A school has 320 students in 8 equal classes. How many per class?
18	A jar of 96 candies is shared by 4 children. How many each?
19	A farmer collects 35 eggs a day. How many in a week?
20	A book costs $15 and you have $50. How many can you buy?

Mixed Word Problems Answer Key

#	Answer
1	28
2	48
3	8
4	$8
5	432
6	12
7	83
8	20
9	75
10	$15
11	6
12	135
13	$36
14	115 L
15	48
16	80
17	40
18	24
19	245
20	3

A Few Worked Examples

Problem 8: 5 m is 500 cm, so $500 \div 25 = 20$ pieces.

Problem 16: $480 \div 6 = 80$ km per hour.

Problem 20: $50 \div 15 = 3$ books (with $5 left over).

Related Practice

Try the math word problems set, or practice a single operation with the multiplication and division worksheets.