'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) Lana owned 3 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 5 more songs. How many

songs did she have total?

2) Billy had 11 old video games he was wanting to get rid of. If he gave his friend 9 of the

games, how many does he still have?

3) Faye's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7

dollars and her dad paid for 4 meals, how much did he spend?

4) Will had 42 pieces of candy. If he put them into bags with 7 pieces in each bag, how many

bags would he have?

5) Haley bought 14 new shirts for school. If she returned 5 of them, how many did she end up

with?

6) A pet store had 2 cages of snakes with 6 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet

store have total?

7) Roger was yard sale shopping. He ended up buying 6 video games, but only 3 of them

worked. How many bad games did he buy?

8) Paul was buying books about astronomy. He bought 6 books about the planets and 9 about

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the space program. How many books did he buy total?

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9) John read 5 chapters of a book. If each chapter was 3 pages, how many pages did he read?

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10) Cody was playing the ring toss at the carnival. All together he used 12 rings. If each game

you get 6 rings, how many games did he play?

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11) Maria was placing her pencils into rows with 9 pencils in each row. If she had 72 pencils,

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how many rows could she make?

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12) Paige bought 13 old CDs at a garage sale. If 9 of the CDs were scratched up, how many

good CDs did she buy?

13) A mailman had to give 5 pieces of junk mail and 6 magazines to a house. How many

pieces of mail did he deliver total?

14) Robin had to complete 7 pages of homework. Each page had 7 problems on it. How many

problems did she have to complete total?

15) At the fair Ned rode 7 rides the first day he went and 7 rides the second day. How many

times did he ride total?

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'Solving Words Problems' Math Worksheet