Multistep word problems

Michelle's school decided to host a weekly farmers' market to raise money for the school choir. Last fall they sold squash, Brussels sprouts, persimmons, and potatoes. After adding together all of their earnings, Michelle found that they had made $189. If the school made $41 from squash sales, $37 from Brussels sprouts, and $26 from persimmons, how much did the school make from potato sales?

• $148
• $26
• $85
• $111

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?

• 7
• 4
• 3
• 8

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Akhira started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September? 

• $15
• $378
• $477
• $467

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jonathan practiced playing the guitar a total of 7 hours 30 minutes last week.  How many minutes of practice did he get altogether last week?

• 730 minutes
• 240 minutes
• 450 minutes
• 37 minutes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

Kevin has $1,498 in his savings account. He has $529 more than Albert. How much money do the have altogether?

• $969
• $2,027
• $3,525
• $2,467

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Keith bought 3 shirts for $17 each and 4 pairs of shorts for $19 each. How much money did he spend altogether?

• 51
• 76
• 127
• 137

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The fifth grade had a wrapping paper fundraiser for camp. They sold 145 packages of solid paper and 175 packages of patterned paper. Each package of paper cost $14. What was the total amount paid for both types of wrapping paper?

• $4,480
• $334
• $2,030
• $2,205

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Kendall purchased 32 bags of candy. Each bag contained 107 pieces. She gave 9 bags to her friends. How many pieces of candy does she have left?

• 66 pieces
• 2,461 pieces
• 2,641 pieces
• 3,415 pieces

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A restaurant made 72 muffins.  They sold 32 muffins.  How many muffins are left?

What words tell us what to do?

• how many
• made 72 muffins
• sold 
• left

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

It takes Tristan 15 minutes to mow the front lawn. It takes him 17 more minutes to mow the back lawn than the front lawn. What is the total amount of time Tristan spends mowing the lawns?

What does the key word tell you to do?

• add 
• subtract 
• mowing

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8