Multi-Step Word Problems Day 1

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 24

• 1 and 1/2

• 5 and 3/4

• 1/24

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Paul spent 35 hours skiing this winter. Nancy spent 23 hours skiing this winter. How many more hours did Paul ski than Nancy?

Which operation is this?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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Jesse is buying Christmas presents for his 4 friends. He has $84 and he wants to spend an equal amount on each friend. How much will Jesse spend on each friend?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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Lila is making baskets of fruit to decorate for Kwanzaa. She has 22 apples, 19 bananas, and 7 oranges. If she puts an equal number of fruit into 3 baskets, how many pieces of fruit will be in each basket?

What is step 1?

• Multiply 22 x 19 x 7

• Add 22 + 19 + 7

• Divide

  $19\ \div\ 7$

• Subtract 22 - 19 - 7

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A rental car agency charges $30.00 per day plus per mile $0.15. Another rental car agency charges $36.00 per day plus $0.10 per mile. How many miles would have to be driven in one day for both rental agencies to cost the same amount to rent? 

• 120 miles
• 100 miles
• 110 miles
• 150 miles 

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A worksheet had 7 problems on it. If a teacher had 17 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?

• 72

• 54

• 63

• 32

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Jason wants to buy a game that cost $20. He earns $2 every time he washes the dishes. He has washed the dishes 3 times. How many more times does he need to wash the dishes to get his game?

• 5
• 4
• 7
• 6

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The temperature on a winter night was -23 degrees. The temperature rose by 5 degrees when the sun came up. Then the temperature rose another 11 degrees over the next two hours. What was the final temperature two hours after sun rise?

• -29 degrees

• -17 degrees

• -12 degrees

• -7 degrees

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Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $16 an hour for mowing lawns and $25 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?

• $1,233

• $2,952

• $1,719

• $2,800

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Noel read 90 minutes each day for 6 days. Tyra read 60 minutes each day for 8 days. What is the difference, in minutes between the total amount of time Noel read and the total amount of time Tyra read?

• 30
• 40
• 60
• 80

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