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Mixture Word Problems

1 ) Sally mixed 14 oz of soil containing 29 % clay with

_____________
4 oz of soil with 19 % clay. What is the clay content in the mixture?

2 ) A fourteen L solution that was sixteen percent vinegar was mixed with a five L
_____________
solution that was seventy - one percent vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

3 ) Tom mixed 11 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 41

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

4 ) How many g of gold should a coin of forty - four percent gold be if when combined
_____________
with a five g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is seventy percent gold?

5 ) Jason's trail mix was made combining 11 lbs of peanuts that cost 3 $/lb,
3 lbs of raisins at 6 $/lb, and 13 lbs of cashews at 5 $/lb. What _____________
was the cost per lb of the mixture?

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

7 ) Mary needs 7 lb of metal with 38 % silver. If Mary combines

one metal with 15 % silver, and another with 65 _____________
% silver, how much of each metal does Mary need?

8 ) Mike dumped fourteen lbs of a bag of apples with thirty - six percent red apples,
into a bag of thirteen lbs which contained forty - two percent red apples. What is the new _____________
percent of red apples?

9 ) Nancy mixed 9 L of cranberry juice into 13 L of apple juice, that had

58 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 47 % _____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

10 ) Sara mixed eight mL of a salt solution with nine mL of a forty - nine percent
salt solution, to make a forty - one percent salt solution. Find the percent salt _____________
concentration of the first solution.

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Teacher : Date :

Mixture Word Problems

1 ) Sally mixed 14 oz of soil containing 29 % clay with

26.78 %
_____________
4 oz of soil with 19 % clay. What is the clay content in the mixture?

2 ) A fourteen L solution that was sixteen percent vinegar was mixed with a five L
30.47 %
_____________
solution that was seventy - one percent vinegar. Find the new concentration of vinegar.

3 ) Tom mixed 11 mL of an acidic solution with 8 mL of a 41

% acidic solution, to make a 46 % acidic solution. Find the 49.64 %
_____________
percent acid concentration of the first solution.

4 ) How many g of gold should a coin of forty - four percent gold be if when combined
5.77 g
_____________
with a five g pure gold necklace, it forms a metal that is seventy percent gold?

5 ) Jason's trail mix was made combining 11 lbs of peanuts that cost 3 $/lb,
3 lbs of raisins at 6 $/lb, and 13 lbs of cashews at 5 $/lb. What 4.30 $/lb
_____________
was the cost per lb of the mixture?

6 ) Keith has two bags of nuts; one with sixty - two percent peanuts, and the other
2.06 lb of 62 %
with twenty - eight percent peanuts. To make a ten lb bag of thirty - five percent _____________
7.94 lb of 28 %
peanuts, how much of each should Keith use?

7 ) Mary needs 7 lb of metal with 38 % silver. If Mary combines

3.22 lb of 65 %
one metal with 15 % silver, and another with 65 _____________
3.78 lb of 15 %
% silver, how much of each metal does Mary need?

8 ) Mike dumped fourteen lbs of a bag of apples with thirty - six percent red apples,
into a bag of thirteen lbs which contained forty - two percent red apples. What is the new _____________
38.89 %
percent of red apples?

9 ) Nancy mixed 9 L of cranberry juice into 13 L of apple juice, that had

58 % sugar. If the cranapple mixture was 47 % 31.11 %
_____________
sugar, what was the percent of sugar in the cranberry juice?

10 ) Sara mixed eight mL of a salt solution with nine mL of a forty - nine percent
salt solution, to make a forty - one percent salt solution. Find the percent salt 32.00 %
_____________
concentration of the first solution.

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