Multistep Word Problems

Tom and Lana were comparing their Halloween candy. Tom received 4 times as much as Lana. Tom then split his candy evenly into 9 piles to eat later. If Nancy received 18 ounces of candy, how many ounces of candy would be in each of Tom's piles?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Paul developed a game for phones that he sold for $3. After the first week he discovered he had 4,095 downloads from girls and 2 times as many downloads from boys. Of the boys who downloaded the games, he only had 1/9 who bought the full game. How many boys bought the full game?

• 1000

• 910

• 895

• 1952

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

Victor had $100. He went to the store and bought three warthog toys for $7.29 each. Then he got hungry and went to the Wal-Mart and bought two dozen eggs for $5/dozen. How much money did Victor have left? 

• $68.03
• $68.13
• $68.43
• $69.13

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CCSS.6.NS.B.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

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

Max has 92 seashells. Darren has 89 more seashells than Max. How many seashells do they have IN ALL? 

• 181
• 273
• 237
• 811

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2