Mixed four-operation practice
Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division together.
Practice + answer key · 2 pages
Worksheet settings12 questions · 2 columns · A4
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Arithmetic
What you’ll practice
Choose and apply the correct one-step arithmetic operation in a mixed set.
Look at the operation sign before you calculate. This sheet cycles through the four operations, with one operation in each question and no division remainders.
How this skill works
Each question contains one operation, so no order-of-operations decision is needed. The sequence repeats addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Subtraction is arranged to avoid negative results. Division is built from a multiplication fact so its quotient is a whole number.
Worked example
Calculate 8 + 7; 15 − 6; 4 × 3; 20 ÷ 5.
- 8 + 7 = 15.
- 15 − 6 = 9.
- 4 × 3 = 12 and 5 × 4 = 20, so 20 ÷ 5 = 4.
Answer: 15; 9; 12; 4
Teaching notes
- Circle or name the operation before calculating.
- Use the inverse operation when checking subtraction or division.
Practice questions
- Calculate 3 + 7.
- Calculate 10 − 3.
- Calculate 3 × 6.
- Calculate 121 ÷ 11.
- Calculate 7 + 5.
- Calculate 8 − 8.
- Calculate 9 × 10.
- Calculate 56 ÷ 8.
- Calculate 12 + 5.
- Calculate 9 − 3.
- Calculate 9 × 10.
- Calculate 12 ÷ 6.
Answers and steps
- 10
- Therefore 3 + 7 = 10.
- 7
- Check by adding: 3 + 7 = 10.
- 18
- 3 equal groups of 6 contain 18 altogether.
- 11
- Use the related multiplication fact: 11 × 11 = 121.
- 12
- Therefore 7 + 5 = 12.
- 0
- Check by adding: 8 + 0 = 8.
- 90
- 9 equal groups of 10 contain 90 altogether.
- 7
- Use the related multiplication fact: 8 × 7 = 56.
- 17
- Therefore 12 + 5 = 17.
- 6
- Check by adding: 3 + 6 = 9.
- 90
- 9 equal groups of 10 contain 90 altogether.
- 2
- Use the related multiplication fact: 6 × 2 = 12.