Name : Score :

Teacher : Date :

Mixture Word Problems

1 ) A 4 L solution that was 12 % vinegar was mixed with a 7 L

_____________
solution that was 70 % vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

2 ) Mary has two bags of nuts; one with sixty - three percent peanuts, and the other
with six percent peanuts. To make a four lb bag of thirty - three percent _____________
peanuts, how much of each should Mary use?

3 ) Tom mixed 14 L of cranberry juice into 3 L of apple juice, that had

34 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 33 % _____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

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

5 ) How many g of gold should a coin of 44 % gold be if when combined

_____________
with a 8 g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is 79 % gold?

6 ) Mike dumped six lbs of a bag of apples with thirty - four percent red apples,
into a bag of eleven lbs which contained forty - nine percent red apples. What is the new _____________
percent of red apples?

7 ) Mike mixed 8 mL of a salt solution with 9 mL of a 43 %

salt solution, to make a 40 % salt solution. Find the percent salt _____________
concentration of the first solution.

8 ) Keith needs eleven lb of metal with fifty - eight percent silver. If Keith combines
one metal with twenty - four percent silver, and another with seventy - eight _____________
percent silver, how much of each metal does Keith need?

9 ) Alyssa mixed 11 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 45

% acidic solution, to make a 46 % acidic solution. Find the _____________
percent acid concentration of the first solution.

10 ) Jessica mixed twelve oz of soil containing sixteen percent clay with

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

Math-Aids.Com
 Name : Score :
Teacher : Date :

Mixture Word Problems

1 ) A 4 L solution that was 12 % vinegar was mixed with a 7 L

48.91 %
_____________
solution that was 70 % vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

2 ) Mary has two bags of nuts; one with sixty - three percent peanuts, and the other
1.89 lb of 63 %
with six percent peanuts. To make a four lb bag of thirty - three percent _____________
2.11 lb of 6 %
peanuts, how much of each should Mary use?

3 ) Tom mixed 14 L of cranberry juice into 3 L of apple juice, that had

34 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 33 % 32.79 %
_____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

4 ) Tom's trail mix was made combining thirteen lbs of peanuts that cost seven $/lb,
ten lbs of raisins at four $/lb, and three lbs of cashews at three $/lb. What 5.38 $/lb
_____________
was the cost per lb of the mixture?

5 ) How many g of gold should a coin of 44 % gold be if when combined

4.80 g
_____________
with a 8 g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is 79 % gold?

6 ) Mike dumped six lbs of a bag of apples with thirty - four percent red apples,
into a bag of eleven lbs which contained forty - nine percent red apples. What is the new _____________
43.71 %
percent of red apples?

7 ) Mike mixed 8 mL of a salt solution with 9 mL of a 43 %

salt solution, to make a 40 % salt solution. Find the percent salt 36.63 %
_____________
concentration of the first solution.

8 ) Keith needs eleven lb of metal with fifty - eight percent silver. If Keith combines
6.93 lb of 78 %
one metal with twenty - four percent silver, and another with seventy - eight _____________
4.07 lb of 24 %
percent silver, how much of each metal does Keith need?

9 ) Alyssa mixed 11 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 45

% acidic solution, to make a 46 % acidic solution. Find the 46.73 %
_____________
percent acid concentration of the first solution.

10 ) Jessica mixed twelve oz of soil containing sixteen percent clay with

22.24 %
_____________
thirteen oz of soil with twenty - eight percent clay. What is the clay content in the mixture?

Math-Aids.Com