Multistep word problems

For Halloween Brandi received seventeen pieces of candy. She ate two pieces then placed the rest into piles with three in each pile. How many piles could she make?

• 5 piles
• 6 piles
• 7 piles
• 8 piles

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games
• 3 games
• 7 games
• 99 games

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?

• 9 bouquets
• 5 bouquets
• 2 bouquets
• 3 bouquets

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

The cafeteria had fifty-one apples. For lunch they handed out forty-one to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes five apples, how many pies could they make?

• 51 pies
• 41 pies
• 10 pies
• 2 pies

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jacob was selling his old games. He started out with sixty-eight but sold four of them. He packed the rest up putting eight games into each box. How many boxes did he have to use?

• 9 boxes
• 10 boxes
• 7 boxes
• 8 boxes

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Tyler is at the library helping put away books. There are fifty book to put away total but Mrs. Grant takes twenty-six of them and leaves Tyler with the rest. If he can fit six books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?

• 2 shelves
• 3 shelves
• 4 shelves
• 5 shelves

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A store had thirty-eight coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and getting rid of twenty-eight of them. They put the ones they still had onto shelves with two on each shelf. How many shelves did they use?

• 5 shelves
• 6 shelves
• 7 shelves
• 8 shelves

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Rylan bought sixty-seven tickets at the state fair. He spent twenty-two tickets at the 'dunk a clown' booth and decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost five tickets, how many rides could he go on?

• 6 rides
• 7 rides
• 8 rides
• 9 rides

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are fifty-eight students trying out for the school's basketball teams. If twenty-eight of them didn't get picked for the team and the rest were put into five groups, how many students would be in each group?

• 6 students
• 7 students
• 8 students
• 9 students

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A pet store had ninety-five puppies. In one day they sold forty-six of them and put the rest into cages with seven in each cage. How many cages did they use?

• 5 cages
• 6 cages
• 7 cages
• 8 cages