4th Grade Multi-Step Word Problems

Mr. Montero is buying pencils for his class. He buys 24 packs of 24 unsharpened pencils and 36 packs of 12 sharpened pencils. How many pencils does he buy in all?

• 1,008 pencils

• 1,010 pens

• 1,008 pens

• 1,001 pencils

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A mom is making cupcakes for a community bake sale. She makes 3 dozen chocolate frosted cupcakes and 6 dozen vanilla frosted cupcakes. Her kids eat 8 of the vanilla frosted cupcakes. How many cupcakes does the mom have to take to the bake sale?

• 300 cupcakes

• 200 cupcakes

• 100 cupcakes

• 90 cupcakes

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Coach Wilson is preparing for field day at school. He is organizing the fourth graders into groups. There are 86 girls and 74 boys. He needs to group the students into groups of 5. How many groups of 5 will he be able to make?

• 34 groups

• 32 groups

• 30 groups

• 28 groups

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Mrs. Romero is purchasing cap erasers to refill her community supply caddies. She buys 6 packs of 44 erasers each. She has 8 supply caddies in her classroom. If she divides the erasers equally, how many erasers will go in each caddy?

• 30 erasers

• 31 erasers

• 32 erasers

• 33 erasers

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

In preparation of a new school year, Harriet’s mom goes shopping for supplies. She spends $36 on a new backpack, $12 on new binders, $8 for pencils and paper, and $468 on new clothes. Her budget is $1,000. How much is left in her budget?

• $576

• $476

• $376

• $273

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A secretary spends 45 minutes updating her boss’s schedule for the day, 60 minutes replying to emails, 30 minutes making necessary copies, and 50 minutes meeting with her boss each day. The rest of the time she answers phone calls. If she works 7 hours a day, how long does she spend answering phone calls?

• 3 hours and 55 minutes

• 4 hours

• 3 hours and 45 minutes

• 4 hours and 5 minutes

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

The Proctor family of 6 went to the carnival last night. Tickets cost $6 per person. Then, the family purchased unlimited ride bracelets for $24 per person. They also spent $45 on snacks and drinks. How much money did the family spend at the carnival?

• $215

• $225

• $235

• $245

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A pizza chef is baking pizzas for the dinner rush. He bakes 36 large pizzas which he cuts into 8 slices. The chef also bakes 45 medium pizzas and cuts those pizzas into 6 slices each. How many total slices of pizza did the chef bake?

• 558 pizzas

• 558 large pizzas

• 558 dinners

• 558 slices

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The 5th graders at Williams Elementary are preparing for a field trip. Each of the 6 classes have 28 students in all. The students are to be divided equally onto 4 buses for the field trip. How many students will be on each bus?

• 22 students

• 32 students

• 42 students

• 52 students

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Hunter’s mom buys candy for Hunter’s birthday party. She buys 4 bags of gummy worms. Each bag contains 36 gummy worms. She then buys 3 bags of sour gummy worms with 24 sour gummy worms in each bag. How many sour and regular gummy worms did his mom buy?

• 216 worms

• 216 sour gummies

• 216 regular gummies

• 216 bags

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8