Solving Mixed Problems
- Decide whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve a word problem.
- Pull out the important numbers and clues from a story problem and ignore extra details.
Practice essential 4th grade multistep problem-solving skills with these free printable worksheets. Students will work through mixed operation problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, plus focused two-step problems that build sequential thinking skills.
These worksheets help students choose the correct operation for word problems. Students read story problems and identify whether addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division is needed, then select or write the matching expression. Aligned with third and fourth grade standards.
Two-step word problems require students to perform two different operations in sequence to find the answer. Worksheets cover every combination of add-then-subtract, add-then-multiply, add-then-divide, subtract-then-add, subtract-then-multiply, subtract-then-divide, multiply-then-add, and multiply-then-divide. Aligned with second through fourth grade standards.