Multi-Step Word Problems

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? (a)  

• 10 seashells
• 12 seashells
• 8 seashells
• 60 seashells

Eli had 8 buckets. In each bucket he had 8 water balloons. He tossed 12 balloons at Sean and 15 balloons at Harold and they broke. How many balloons does Eli have left?

• 48 balloons

• 28 balloons

• 37 balloons

• 51 balloons

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

• 20 laps
• 35 laps
• 30 laps
• 10 laps

On Saturday Ben and Mason went hiking on a trail for 5 miles. On Sunday they hiked 6 miles on a different trail. How many total miles did both boys hike? (a)  

• 22 miles
• 11 miles
• 20 miles
• 25 miles

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

• 98 fireflies
• 49 fireflies
• 42 fireflies
• 84 fireflies

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? (a)  

• $5.56
• $6.49
• $4.88
• $8.68

David had 56 action figures. He gave 8 to Wilkin. The rest he split equally into 6 boxes. How many action figures went in each box? (a)  

• 7 action figures
• 8 action figures
• 42 action figures
• 24 action figures

Aubree and Nathaly went to the park at 10:00 AM. They stayed at the park for 4 hours. What time did they leave the park? (a)  

• 2:00PM
• 2:00AM
• 1:00PM
• 1:00AM

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? (a)  

• 124 toys
• 32 toys
• 108 toys
• 126 toys

Gianna and Chelsea picked tulips for Mother's Day. They picked 10 red ones, 6 yellow ones, 8 pink ones. They split the tulips into 2 bouquets. How many tulips went in each bouquet? (a)  

• 10 tulips
• 12 tulips
• 24 tulips
• 15 tulips