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Mixed Operations Worksheets

This page makes free printable mixed operations worksheets on demand: press the button and you get a new sheet of 20 problems with a matching answer key, ready for US Letter or A4 paper. Two of the problems on the sheet as it stands are 57 − 3 × 4 and 9 × 6 + 58 — answers 45 and 112 — and a new set is one click away.

📄 MIXED OPERATIONS WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What this worksheet practises

The most useful habit is to underline the part that gets done first before writing anything. It takes two seconds and prevents the majority of errors on this page.

Every sheet is generated fresh, so the pattern of operations changes from page to page and cannot be learned by position.

Brackets exist to override the convention, and children who understand that read expressions far more confidently than children who have memorised an acronym.

Mixed expressions are where earlier fluency gaps surface: a child unsure of a multiplication fact will default to adding left to right, which is how 9 × 6 + 58 goes wrong.

Teachers usually place mixed operations worksheets alongside the expressions and equations expectations for this grade, which is where the skill sits in the majority of US state frameworks.

A sample of this sheet, with answers

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (two operations per line, numbers under 100).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
157 − 3 × 4 =45Watch for: working strictly left to right
29 × 6 + 58 =112Check: ignoring the check
375 − 6 × 9 =21Look at: doing brackets last instead of first
477 − 8 × 7 =21Ask about: treating multiplication as outranking division
536 − 7 × 3 =15Watch for: recopying the expression wrongly
65 × 7 + 60 =95Check: dropping a negative sign

Try one together first

Here is one worked through. 9 × 6 + 58 gives 112. If your child arrives somewhere other than 112 on 9 × 6 + 58, look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.

The item 9 × 6 + 58 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 9 × 6 + 58 is 112, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.

Three mistakes we see most often

A 10-minute routine that works

  1. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because two operations in one expression is a recall skill: 57 − 3 × 4 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  2. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.
  3. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  4. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on two operations in one expression rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 75 − 6 × 9.
  5. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 75 − 6 × 9 can be talked through instead of guessed at.

The answer key

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

Because the numbers are random, there is no shared answer list to look up: the key printed behind your sheet is the only one that fits it, and it shows 45 for 57 − 3 × 4.

How to print this worksheet

To save these mixed operations worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.

Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.

Frequently asked questions

Is PEMDAS or BODMAS correct?
They describe the same convention with different words. Both mislead slightly, because multiplication and division share a level and so do addition and subtraction.
Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 45 for 57 − 3 × 4 and 112 for 9 × 6 + 58.
Will these print correctly on A4?
Yes. These mixed operations worksheets fit both A4 and US Letter without clipping, as long as print scaling is left at 100% and browser headers and footers are switched off.
Why does the convention exist at all?
So that a written expression has exactly one meaning. It is an agreement about notation, and telling children that removes most of the mystery.

Keep the finished mixed operations worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13