Multistep Basic Operations Word Problems

Jamie bought 17 stamps. Andrew bought 3 times as many stamps. How many stamps did Andrew buy?

There are 40 letters in the mail bag. They are for 5 people. If each person gets the same number if letters, how many letters will each person get?

Miss James delivered 48 packets of letters. Each packet had 9 letters in it. How many letters did miss James deliver?

Donna has pen pals in 15 countries. Suppose she has 3 pen pals in each country. How many pen pals would she have?

Mr. Koontz had 72 postcards. He puts them in 9 equal piles. How many posts cards were in each pile?

Miss James delivered 63 passages. She took 9 packages to each house. How many houses had packages delivered to them by them by miss James?

There were 100 789 429 spotted butterflies in the meadow. They were joined by 189 754 006 plain butterflies. What is the sum of the butterflies in the field?

Mandi bought a book that cost $5.00. Her friend Justin bought a used book that costs $0.25. How much more did Mandi spend?

There are 9 girls on the basketball team. Each girl needs a shirt and shorts for the games. A shirt costs N3.50. A pair of shorts costs N5.00. What is the the total cost of all the outfits?

• N17.50

• N2.50

• N76.50

• N8.50

In 1521, Hernando Cortes conquered Mexico for the country of Spain. Then in the year 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla fought for Mexico's freedom from Spain. How many years did Spain rule Mexico before they began to fight for their freedom?

• 3331 years

• 281 years

• 289 years

• 311 years