Mixed Operation Word Problems

Kelly baked 94 cookies and wants to share her cookies evenly between herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will everyone get?

• 94 - 3

• 4 x 94

• 94 + 3

• 94 ÷ 4

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Johnsonville Elementary school was having a canned food drive. Fifth grade students brought in a total of 13,928 cans. Third grade students brought in 2,074 cans more than the fifth grade students. How many cans did the third grade students bring in?

• 13,928 + 2,074

• 2,074 - 13,928

• 2,074 x 13,928

• 13,928 - 2,074

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mrs. Bollinger loves to read! Her bookshelf, that has 8 shelves, is completely full. If each bookshelf has 296 books on it, how many books does she have?

• 296 - 8

• 296 ÷ 8

• 296 x 8

• 296 + 8

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sweet Cakes Bakery sold 32,455 cookies this year. The bakery across town, Crazy Cupcakes Bakery sold 27,870 cookies this year. How many fewer cookies did Crazy Cupcakes Bakery sell?

• 27,870 - 32,455

• 32,455 + 27,870

• 32,455 - 27,870

• 27,870 + 32,455

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Ellie read 12,000 pages total in third grade. By the end of fourth grade she wanted to read 250,000 more pages than she read in third grade. How many pages did she hope to read by the end of fourth grade?

• 12,000 + 250,000

• 12,000 - 250,000

• 250,00 - 12,000

• 12,000 x 4

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Tyler studied 18 problems from 29 different study guides. How problems did Tyler study?

• 18 + 29

• 18 x 29

• 29 ÷ 18

• 29 - 18

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Trina was about to take a trip to New York. Before she left her odometer displayed 293,651 miles. When she got back home, her odometer showed 301,892 miles. How many miles did Trina travel during her trip?

• 301,892 - 293,651

• 293,651 + 293,651

• 301,892 + 293,651

• 293,651 - 301,892

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Zack was sorting his rock collection into a carrying case. He can fit 3 rocks into each section of the case. If he has 487 rocks, how many sections will he use?

• 3 + 487

• 487 - 3

• 3 x 487

• 487 ÷ 3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Keith and Ned were blowing up balloons. Together they were able to blow up 428 balloons. If Keith blew up 257 of them, how many balloons did Ned blow up?

• 428 + 257

• 428 - 257

• 428 x 257

• 428 ÷ 257

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Becky was working at the Farmer's Market selling flowers. She was selling bouquets of flowers that each had 12 flowers. She keeps each bouquet in its own cup of water to keep them fresh. If she has 35 cups of water, how many total flowers does she have to sell?

• 35 + 12

• 12 - 35

• 12 x 35

• 35 ÷ 12

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3