'Solving Words Problems' Math Worksheet printable pdf download

Solving Words Problems (+ - ÷ ×)

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Use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve each problem.

A n s w e r s

1) An industrial machine can make 6 shirts every minute. How many shirts would it have

made in 9 minutes?

2) At the state fair Mike spent 9 tickets on the roller coaster and 4 tickets on the ferris wheel.

How many tickets did he spend total?

3) There are 12 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows

with 2 students in each row, how many rows could he make?

4) Larry's Lawn Care charges 3 bucks to trim a hedge. If Roger has 8 hedges, how much

money would he spend?

5) Oliver mowed his lawn 2 times in the spring and 5 times in the summer. How many times

did he mow total?

6) George bought his family 10 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 4, how many

pieces does he have left?

7) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 30 people total. If each car has 5 seats, how many

cars are there?

8) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 2 of the pieces were junkmail, how

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many pieces were actually good?

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9) Sarah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they

picked 10 total. If 3 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?

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10) Isabel was buying sodas for her and her friends. They needed 2 sodas, but Isabel bought 8

extra. How many did she buy?

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11) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 3

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rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel?

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12) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 7 of them. How many potatoes

does he still have?

13) Victor made 9 dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he charged 3 bucks for each

lawn, how many lawns did he mow?

14) Ned played 5 games of basketball with his friends. If Ned scored 6 points each game, how

many points did he score total?

15) A pet store had 7 cages of snakes with 8 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet

store have total?

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'Solving Words Problems' Math Worksheet