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Mixture Word Problems

1 ) Keith needs 3 lb of metal with 54 % silver. If Keith combines

one metal with 24 % silver, and another with 80 _____________
% silver, how much of each metal does Keith need?

2 ) A twelve L solution that was twenty - three percent vinegar was mixed with a nine L
_____________
solution that was seventy - three percent vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

3 ) Sara dumped 4 lbs of a bag of apples with 49 % red apples,

into a bag of 11 lbs which contained 30 % red apples. What is the new _____________
percent of red apples?

4 ) Joan mixed nine mL of a salt solution with ten mL of a forty - seven percent
salt solution, to make a forty - five percent salt solution. Find the percent salt _____________
concentration of the first solution.

5 ) Nancy mixed 10 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 40

% acidic solution, to make a 50 % acidic solution. Find the _____________
percent acid concentration of the first solution.

6 ) Jessica's trail mix was made combining four lbs of peanuts that cost three $/lb,
six lbs of raisins at four $/lb, and thirteen lbs of cashews at seven $/lb. What _____________
was the cost per lb of the mixture?

7 ) Sandy mixed 12 L of cranberry juice into 9 L of apple juice, that had

48 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 44 % _____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

8 ) Keith mixed six oz of soil containing nineteen percent clay with

_____________
three oz of soil with thirteen percent clay. What is the clay content in the mixture?

9 ) How many g of gold should a coin of 41 % gold be if when combined

_____________
with a 3 g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is 61 % gold?

10 ) Benny has two bags of nuts; one with sixty - seven percent peanuts, and the other
with twenty - seven percent peanuts. To make a five lb bag of thirty - four percent _____________
peanuts, how much of each should Benny use?

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Teacher : Date :

Mixture Word Problems

1 ) Keith needs 3 lb of metal with 54 % silver. If Keith combines

1.61 lb of 80 %
one metal with 24 % silver, and another with 80 _____________
1.39 lb of 24 %
% silver, how much of each metal does Keith need?

2 ) A twelve L solution that was twenty - three percent vinegar was mixed with a nine L
44.43 %
_____________
solution that was seventy - three percent vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

3 ) Sara dumped 4 lbs of a bag of apples with 49 % red apples,

into a bag of 11 lbs which contained 30 % red apples. What is the new 35.07 %
_____________
percent of red apples?

4 ) Joan mixed nine mL of a salt solution with ten mL of a forty - seven percent
salt solution, to make a forty - five percent salt solution. Find the percent salt 42.78 %
_____________
concentration of the first solution.

5 ) Nancy mixed 10 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 40

% acidic solution, to make a 50 % acidic solution. Find the 58.00 %
_____________
percent acid concentration of the first solution.

6 ) Jessica's trail mix was made combining four lbs of peanuts that cost three $/lb,
six lbs of raisins at four $/lb, and thirteen lbs of cashews at seven $/lb. What 5.52 $/lb
_____________
was the cost per lb of the mixture?

7 ) Sandy mixed 12 L of cranberry juice into 9 L of apple juice, that had

48 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 44 % 41.00 %
_____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

8 ) Keith mixed six oz of soil containing nineteen percent clay with

17.00 %
_____________
three oz of soil with thirteen percent clay. What is the clay content in the mixture?

9 ) How many g of gold should a coin of 41 % gold be if when combined

5.85 g
_____________
with a 3 g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is 61 % gold?

10 ) Benny has two bags of nuts; one with sixty - seven percent peanuts, and the other
0.88 lb of 67 %
with twenty - seven percent peanuts. To make a five lb bag of thirty - four percent _____________
4.12 lb of 27 %
peanuts, how much of each should Benny use?

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