2 step word problems

Tom bought a 5 lb bag of chicken feed. He gave 1/5 of the feed to his chickens on Thursday and 3/10 of a bag of feed on Friday. How much feed is left?

• 5/10 lb
• 4 and 1/2     lb of feed
• 5 and 1/2      lb of feed
• 1/2      lb of feed

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Susan is planting tomato seeds at school.  She plants 1/12 of the bag in the first garden, 1/6 of the bag in a second garden, and 1/3 of the bag in the third garden. If she puts the rest of the seeds in the last garden, how much of the bag did the last garden get?

• 7/12
• 4/12
• 5/12
• 3/12

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Sam is cutting pipes.  He cuts 5/8 of a pipe off for the school and 13/16 of a pipe for the gas station.  If he had 7 feet of pipe to start out with, how much pipe is left?

• 6    and   7/16
• 23/16
• 5   and   9/16
• 6   and   9/16

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Sue's teacher says she has to finish her Math homework before Recess. She does 1/3 of her Math at home and 3/5 of her homework while riding the bus. How much homework does she have left to do before Recess?

• 14/15
• 4/8
• 4/15
• 1/15

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Andy went to the store and bought 3 bags of chips for $3.25 each and 2 cases of soda for $2.20 each. How much did he spend in total? 

• $1.41
• $14.15
• $141.50
• $15.14

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Luis wants to earn $50 to buy his mom a gift. He earned $12.75 mowing lawns, $9.50 cleaning cars, and $11.80 walking dogs. How much more money does Luis have to reach his goal? 

• $84.05
• $34.05
• $15.95
• $15.99

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Carol wants to purchase back to school supplies. She buys 3 notebooks for $1.99 each, 4 pens for $1.23 each, and 5 folders for $0.21 each. If she pays for her items with a $20 bill, how much change will she get back?

• $9.83
• $8.06
• $11.94
• $10.89

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Michelle buys 3 packs of gum for $0.48 per pack, and 4 candy bars for $0.73 per bar. How much money does Michelle spend on the gum and candy bars?

• $4.36
• $4.51
• $8.21
• $8.47

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Shelia had 1 gallon of milk. She used 1/8 of a gallon of milk to make ice cream. She used 1/6 of a gallon to bake cakes. How much milk is left?

• 7/8

• 5/6

• 17/24

• 1 5/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

1) Thomas had a $20 bill when he went to the movies. He bought a ticket for $8.50 and wants to get popcorn for $3.75 and a drink for $2.50. How much money did he have left?

• 5.25

• 9.00

• 17.50

• 2.25

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7