Multi-Step Word Problem Quiz 1

1. Ann is baking cookies. She bakes three dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, two dozen sugar cookies, and four dozen chocolate chip cookies. Ann gives away two dozen oatmeal raisin cookies, 1.5 dozen sugar cookies, and 2.5 dozen chocolate chip cookies. How many total cookies does she keep? (Give an exact number.)

• 12

• 108

• 38

• 36

Rachel is stuffing envelopes. She has eight hours to complete the task, and there are 1,500 envelopes. The first hour, Rachel stuffs 135 envelopes. The second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes. How many envelopes will Rachel need to stuff in order to finish the job?

• 1,224

• 1,234

• 1,376

• 276

Grace 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?

• 378

• 99

• 477

• 487

1. Harvey wants to buy a gift for his father that costs $35.92 and a gift for his sister that costs $52.08. He has saved $16.28. How much more does he need to save in order to buy the gifts?

• $72.28

• $71.72

• $104.28

• $3,000

1. Faith had $100. She went to the grocery store and bought three gallons of ice cream for $7.29 each. Then she went to the farmer's market and bought two dozen ears of corn for $5/dozen. How much money did Faith have left?

• $31.87

• $71.87

• $68.17

• $68.13