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Mixed word problems

Last updated about 2 years ago
15 questions
Erika has 5 packs of pencils. Each pack contains 48 pencils. How many pencils does Erika have?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 48 by 5.
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How many pencils does Erika have?

Erika has _______ pencils.
Mrs. Drake loves baking cookies! On Saturday, she baked 4 trays cookies. Each tray contains 3 rows with 4 cookies in each row. How many cookies did Mrs. Drake bake on Saturday?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 4 by 3, then __________ that answer by 4 since there are 4 trays.
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How many cookies did Mrs. Drake bake on Saturday?

Mrs. Drake baked _______ cookies on Saturday.
Tony and his 3 other group members are completing an art project. Tony has 32 markers to share equally between himself and his group. How many markers does each person get?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 32 by 4.
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How many markers does each person get? _______
Fillip has 3 cartons of eggs. Each carton contains a dozen eggs. The eggs are then shared equally to 9 people. How many eggs does each person get?
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To solve this question, you must __________ a dozen by 3, then __________ that answer by 9.
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How many eggs are in a dozen? _______

Since Fillip had 3 cartons, how many eggs did Fillip start with? _______

After the eggs are shared equally to 9 people, how many eggs does each person get? _______
Sally went to the local greenhouse and bought 4 flats of flowers. Each flat has 15 flowers. The flowers were equally planted in the front and back yard. How many flowers are planted in the front yard?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 15 by 4, then__________ that answer by 2.
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How many flowers are planted in the front yard? _______
Tom has 6 gallons of gas left in his car. His car can drive 23 miles for each gallon of gas. Tom dives by a sign that says "Next gas station 140 miles". Will Tom make it to the gas station?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 23 by 6. Then find the __________ of your answer and 140.
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How many miles can Tom's car drive with only 6 gallons of gas left? _______
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Will Tom make it to the gas station? __________
Mrs. Murphy loves baking brownies. Over Christmas break, she baked 7 pans of brownies. Each pan contained 15 brownies. While she was baking, Mrs. Murphy got distracted and burned 3 of the pans of brownies. How many brownies did NOT get burned?
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To solve this problem, you must __________ 15 by 7 to find the total amount of brownies made. Then __________ 15 by 3 to find the number of brownies that were burned. Finally, you need to __________ the burned brownies from the total.
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How many total brownies did Mrs. Murphy bake? _______

How many brownies got burned? _______

How many good brownies were left? _______