'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.

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1) A pet store had 6 siamese cats. If they sold 2 of them, how many cats did they still have?

2) Each room in a new house needs to have 2 outlets. If the contractor buys 14 outlets, how

many rooms are in the house?

3) There are 7 different books in the 'Crazy Silly School' series. If you read 5 of the books,

how many more do you still have to read?

4) For Lana's birthday she received 25 dollars from her friends. If each friends gave her 5

dollars how many friends gave her money?

5) Jerry was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 8 loads with 6 towels in each load.

How many towels did they wash total?

6) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 2

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

7) Sarah had 9 apps on her phone. To free up some space she deleted 6 of the apps. How

many apps did she have left?

8) Robin collected 12 cans for recycling. If she put 9 cans in one bag how many cans did she

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have left?

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9) A group of 6 friends were dressing as pirates for Halloween. If each costume cost 6 dollars,

how much did they spend?

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10) Adam is helping to put away books. If he has 42 books to put away and each shelf can hold

7 books how many shelves will he need?

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11) Bianca was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 5 rows

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of potatoes and 7 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total?

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12) Paige was buying DVDs of her favorite TV series. Each season had 7 DVDs. If she bought

4 seasons how many DVDs did she buy total?

13) A group of 3 friends were playing video games. Later 9 more friends came over. How

many people were there total?

14) At the state fair Paul spent 7 tickets on the roller coaster and 6 tickets on the ferris wheel.

How many tickets did he spend total?

15) Roger mowed his lawn 5 times in the spring and 6 times in the summer. How many times

did he mow total?

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'Solving Words Problems' Math Worksheet