Multi Step Word Problems

David has 3 1/2 cups of blueberries. He uses 1/4 of a cup of blueberries to make a breakfast smoothie. He uses 1/2 of the remaining blueberries to make blueberry pancakes. How many cups of blueberries does he use for the pancakes?

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

15 How many inches were cut?

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Sophie went to the lake with her family. First, they spent 1 1/4 hours fishing. Then, they spent twice as much time swimming. How much time did they spend fishing and swimming in all?

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

Kelly made fruit punch to serve at a party for her chess team. She mixed 1 2/5 liters of cranberry juice and 1 3/5 liters of pineapple juice together. Then, she split the fruit punch evenly among 9 glasses. How much fruit punch did Kelly pour into each glass? Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

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Mark bought a tablet that was 4/5 of it’s original price. The original price of the tablet was $395. What is the price of the table?

• $79

• $120

• $316

• $300

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Determine the distance in altitude between New Orleans, Louisiana (8.2 feet below sea level) and Rapid City, South Dakota (32.9 feet above sea level). Which expression could you use to solve the problem?

• -8.2 + 32.9

• 8.2 / 32.9

• 32.9 - - 8.2

• -8.2 * 32.9

Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have? Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.