Multi-Step Word Problems

Johnny has 8 bags with 2 pieces of candy in each and Julius has 12 pieces of candy. How many more pieces does Johnny have than Julius?

• 2
• 4
• 10
• 12

Ms. Pang had a jar with 55 paper clips on her desk. Sophie borrowed 7 paper clips and Terell borrowed 12 paper clips. How many paper clips are left in the jar?

• 36
• 43
• 44
• 46

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Debbie started reading a book with 117 pages. She read 18 pages of the book on Monday and 31 pages on Tuesday. How many pages does she have left to read?

• 49
• 166
• 68

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Lynne had 13 cookies. She gave the same number to each of her 6 friends after she ate one herself. How many cookies did each friend get?

• 2

• 7

• 19

• 4

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24
• 4
• 17
• 5

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Kaya has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster? 

• 5
• 150
• 60
• 20

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

At Sonya's cello recital, there were 8 rows of chairs, with 6 chairs in each row. There was a person in each chair, and there were 17 more people standing. How many people were in the audience altogether? 

• 3
• 65
• 31
• 19

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jana played a game with a deck of cards. she placed the cards on the floor in 3 rows of 10. If the deck has 52 cards, how many cards did Jana leave out? 

• 52
• 12
• 30
• 22

Tags

CCSS.1.NBT.A.1