Multistep Word Problems

 Holden had 3 packs of baseball cards with 6 cards in each pack. He gives his friend Clay 4 cards. Which shows one way to find the number of cards Holden has left?

• multiply 2 by 3 and then subtract 6
• multiply 3 by 6 and then subtract 4
• multiply 3 by 6 and then add 4
• multiply 2 by 3 and then add 6

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.5

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Steven has 4 bags of erasers. Each bag has 9 erasers in it. Steven shares the erasers between himself and 5 friends. How many erasers does each child get?

• 4
• 6
• 8
• 18

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The list shows the number of trees Isaiah planted in three years.

He planted 521 trees in the first year.

He planted 387 trees in the second year.

He planted 438 trees in the third year.

Isaiah wants to plant a total of 2,000 trees. How many more trees does Isaiah need to plant?

• 654

• 1,346

• 874

• 764

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12
• 6
• 21
• 24

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

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

• 24
• 4
• 17
• 5

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15
• 13
• 18
• 12

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.4

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 +25)+40

• p = (185-25)-40

• p = (185+25)x40

• p = (185-25)÷40

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

A family spent $93 at a carnival. They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food. They spent the rest of the money on games. Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family

spent on games?

• 93=g+36−18

• 93=18+36−g

• 93=36−18−g

• 93=g+36+18

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.4

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Paul bought 3 boxes of chocolate candy and 4 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 6 pieces inside it, how much candy did he have total?

• 42 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 13 pieces

• 1 piece

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.5

CCSS.4.OA.A.2