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.
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 problems fill the page, and the complete key sits behind them in the same PDF. What makes this set particular: numbers reach 136. It is written against Common Core 4.OA.3 — part of Operations & Algebraic Thinking in grade 4.
Skills practiced
Grade 4 sits in the stretch of the mixed operations progression concerned with all four operations, and choosing among them. Working the page asks a student to recall the mixed operations facts quickly and accurately, without counting up to them. Consistency across the page matters more than any single answer on it.
How to use this worksheet
Work it straight through, then check against the key together rather than handing it back marked. Asking the student to find their own error teaches more than seeing it circled. Date the sheet before filing it. A page from six weeks ago is the cheapest evidence you have that something is sticking.
One mistake to watch for
Division before multiplication regardless of position: 24 ÷ 4 × 2 is answered as 3.
PEMDAS is being read as six ordered steps, putting multiplication ahead of division.
Teach the four-level hierarchy with multiplication and division sharing a level, evaluated left to right, and drill it on expressions where the difference shows.
Related worksheets
A step either side
Where this skill comes from and where it goes next. Drop back a grade when the page stalls; move up when it does not.
- Grade 3 Mixed Operations Practice — grade 3, 20 problems
- Grade 5 Mixed Operations Practice — grade 5, 20 problems
Free to download, free to print, and free to photocopy for a whole class — this mixed operations sheet and its key are one PDF, aimed at all four operations, and choosing among them.