Multi Step Word Problems

Gretchen spends 1/2 an hour grooming Hobo and 1/3 of an hour riding Hobo. How much time did she spend with Hobo?

________ hours.

Candice and Chris run a relay race at recess. Candice runs 1 ⅓ of a lap around the track. Chris runs ½ of a lap around the track. How much farther does Candice run than Chris?

________ laps

Tina lives 2 ¼ miles from the library. Sonya lives 3 ½ miles from the library. How much further does Sonya live than Tina?

_________ miles

Jasmine is having friends over to watch a football game. She has 2 1/2 hours until her guests arrive. She spends 2/5 of that time cleaning and the rest of the time preparing snacks. How much time does Jasmine spend preparing snacks?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

Jade spent $37.60 on groceries.  4/5 of that total was spent on vegetables. How much was spent on other items?

• $30.08

• $6.80

• $47.00

• $16.92

Lisa bought the pizza shown above for lunch, which was cut into 10 equal slices. What percentage of the pizza did Lisa eat if she had three slices?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

At a picnic, 12 people shared 4 large sandwiches equally. How much of a sandwich did each person get to eat?

• 1/3 of a sandwich

• 3 sandwiches

• 1/48 of a sandwich

• 1/16 of a sandwich

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 24

• 1 and 1/2

• 5 and 3/4

• 1/24

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

• 6 and 1/3

• 228

• 32

• 44

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

• 1

• 2/9

• 2

• 1/4