Multistep Word Problems

Jack Prelutsky was working on a new book of poems. The book is going to be divided into 6 sections. Originally, Prelutsky planned on writing 57 poems, but his publisher asked him to remove 21 poems so there could be an equal number of poems in each section. How many poems will go in each section of the book?

• 5 poems in each section

• 6 poems in each section

• 10 poems in each section

• 12 poems in each section

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

For a project, Ms. Bell purchased 10 bags of googly eyes with each bag containing 12 googly eyes. She ended up with 15 googly eyes left over. How many googly eyes did she use for the project?

• 114 googly eyes were used.

• 110 googly eyes were used.

• 105 googly eyes were used.

• 37 googly eyes were used.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The cafeteria had seventy-five apples. For lunch they handed out forty-seven to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes four apples, how many pies could they make?

• They can make 7 pies.

• They can make 12 pies.

• They can make 24 pies.

• They can make 28 pies.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Gwen's team won their baseball game and scored forty-two points total. If Gwen scored eighteen of the points and everyone else scored six points each, how many players were on her team?

• There were 4 other players on the team.

• There were 6 other players on the team.

• There were 7 other players on the team.

• There were 18 other players on the team.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A music teacher had 5 recorders, but he decided to buy 3 more boxes with each box having 2 recorders in it. How many recorders did he have after buying the 3 boxes?

• He will have 10 recorders

• He will have 6 recorders

• He will have 11 recorders.

• He will have 9 recorders.

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

 Holden had 3 packs of baseball cards with 6 cards in each pack. He gives his friend Clay 4 cards. Which shows one way to find the number of cards Holden has left?

• multiply 2 by 3 and then subtract 6
• multiply 3 by 6 and then subtract 4
• multiply 3 by 6 and then add 4
• multiply 2 by 3 and then add 6

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

Steven has 4 bags of erasers. Each bag has 9 erasers in it. Steven shares the erasers between himself and 5 friends. How many erasers does each child get?

• 4
• 6
• 8
• 18

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12
• 6
• 21
• 24

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24
• 4
• 17
• 5

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15
• 13
• 18
• 12

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8