4th Grade Multi-step Word Problems

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Johnathan and Christian each had 9 bags toys to give away. There were 7 toys in each bag. How many toys were the boys giving away in all?

• 124 toys

• 32 toys

• 108 toys

• 126 toys

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Jayla swam 15 laps in the pool. Julia swam 2 times more laps than Jayla. How many laps did Julia swim?

• 20 laps

• 35 laps

• 30 laps

• 10 laps

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Julissa and Emily have 30 seashells each. They want to split their total seashells that they collected in 5 pails equally. How many seashells go in each pail?

• 10 seashells

• 12 seashells

• 8 seashells

• 60 seashells

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

A store had 40 oranges in a bin. If they threw away 25 of the old ones and put 21 new ones in the bin how many would be in the bin?

• 65
• 46
• 61
• 36

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jazzlyn and Yarismar each had 7 jars of fireflies. Each jar had 6 fireflies in it. How many firefies did they have in all?

• 98 fireflies

• 49 fireflies

• 42 fireflies

• 84 fireflies

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Morgan and Em went shopping for Mother's Day. They each bought their mom a bouquet of flowers for $22.56. Morgan gave the store clerk $50.00 to pay for their bill. How much change did she get back?

• $5.56

• $6.49

• $4.88

• $8.68

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Haley picked 28 carrots from her garden. If she threw out 11 of them and then picked 9 more the next day, how many carrots would she have total?

• 39
• 20
• 26
• 48

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Nate had 300 cookies for class. He dropped 145 on his way to school. His mom brought him 123 more cookies. How many cookies does Nate have now?

• 350
• 278
• 155
• 423

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8