Problem solving

Sabrina has 32 jelly beans to share with her 3 friends. How many jelly beans will each of the 4 girls get if they divide the jelly beans evenly?

• 4 jelly beans

• 6 jelly beans

• 8 jelly beans

• 9 jelly beans

The PTA volunteers made 8 treat sacks. They put 9 pieces of candy in each sack. How many pieces of candy were there in all?

• 17 pieces of candy

• 72 pieces of candy

• 81 pieces of candy

• 27 pieces of candy

Tom went to the store and bought 4 chairs. Each chair cost $5. How much money did Tom spend for the 4 chairs he bought?

• $20

• $1

• $15

• $10

Lucas went to a baseball game with his family. They purchased 5 tickets that were $15 each and a program that cost $12. How much did they spend altogether?

HINT - multi-step word problem

• $75

• $32

• $87

• $20

Jack and his brothers have 60 trophies. They will put the same number of trophies on each shelf in their game room. There are 5 shelves in the game room. How many trophies will go on each shelf?

• 65 trophies

• 12 trophies

• 55 trophies

• 300 trophies

Isabel made cupcakes for the teachers at her school. She made 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes (there are 12 in a dozen). She also made 10 strawberry cupcakes. How many total cupcakes did Isabel make?

HINT - multi-step word problem

• 12 cupcakes

• 24 cupcakes

• 34 cupcakes

• 20 cupcakes

Gerardo bought 3 packages of mint gum and 2 packages of bubble gum. Each package had 8 pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum did Gerardo buy?

HINT - multi-step word problem

• 26 pieces of gum

• 40 pieces of gum

• 12 pieces of gum

• 48 pieces of gum

Matthew has $188 in his bank account. He spent $29 on a new pair of shoes and $18 on a new shirt. How much did Matthew spend on the new shirt and new pair of shoes?

• 37
• 47
• 141
• 235

A daycare uses 96 diapers every day. How many diapers are used in 5 days?

• 103
• 96
• 686
• 480

Josh went on three business trips last year.   - In April he traveled 278 miles.   - In July he traveled 652 miles.   - In December he traveled 767 miles. How many more miles did Josh travel in April and July combined, than he traveled in December?

• 930
• 147
• 163
• 237