Grade 4 Two-Step Mixed Operations
Two-step mixed operations for grade 4: multiply and divide before you add and subtract. Eighteen problems, free printable PDF with the answer key.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Each problem takes two steps. Multiply and divide before you add and subtract.
- 1.8 × 9 + 41 =
- 2.8 × 5 − 32 =
- 3.54 ÷ 3 + 54 =
- 4.3 × 7 + 18 =
- 5.5 × 11 − 40 =
- 6.10 ÷ 2 + 31 =
- 7.12 × 5 + 39 =
- 8.9 × 11 − 37 =
- 9.114 ÷ 6 + 22 =
- 10.5 × 10 + 67 =
- 11.11 × 11 − 10 =
- 12.136 ÷ 8 + 43 =
- 13.5 × 6 + 16 =
- 14.10 × 6 − 19 =
- 15.76 ÷ 4 + 8 =
- 16.9 × 5 + 11 =
- 17.12 × 10 − 8 =
- 18.24 ÷ 4 + 22 =
What this worksheet covers
Eighteen mixed operations problems fill this drill page; problem 7 asks "12 × 5 + 39", and the sheet stays at that level throughout. What makes this set particular: the numbers run as high as 136. Further down, problem 13 asks "5 × 6 + 16". It is written against Common Core 4.OA.3 — Operations & Algebraic Thinking, grade 4.
Skills practised
Grade 4 mixed operations means two-step problems and expressions with parentheses. The skill on the page: grade 4 Two-Step Mixed Operations. To finish it, a student has to recall the mixed operations facts quickly and accurately, without counting up to them. Seventeen different answers appear across the eighteen problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the drill format
This drill runs 18 problems in a steady layout, so the eye never has to hunt for the next one; problem 7, "12 × 5 + 39" shows the level it holds. A drill that changes operation from problem to problem tests sign reading as much as computation.
Set A, Set B and Set C
Set A is the original MathSheetLab worksheet; Sets B and C keep its structure and redraw the numbers, with each answer recomputed rather than copied. Where Set A's problem 10 is "5 × 10 + 67", Set B's is "3 × 10 + 38".
How to use this worksheet
By grade 4 a student should take all eighteen mixed operations problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more mixed operations practice piles on. Mark the eighteen problems the same day using the key — an error caught immediately is a correction, and one caught next week is a habit.
One mistake to watch for
The operation sign is ignored: every problem on a mixed page is added. Watch problem 13 of this drill — "5 × 6 + 16" — for this one.
Sign reading is not yet part of the routine because most practice pages only carry one operation.
Have the student circle or trace every operation sign before solving anything on the page.
Other grade 4 mixed operations formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Timed Drill — Grade 4 Mixed Operations Timed Drill, 72 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 4 Mixed Operations Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 4 Mixed Operations Mixed Review, 30 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 4 Mixed Operations Word Problems, 10 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 3 Mixed Operations Practice — grade 3, 20 problems
- Grade 5 Mixed Operations Practice — grade 5, 20 problems
Drill sheets in other grade 4 topics
Six PDFs, no sign-up: three versions of this grade 4 mixed operations drill and three answer keys, each eighteen problems long.