Multistep Word Problems

Blake bought 3 boxes of chocolate candy and 4 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 6 pieces inside it, how much candy did he have total?

• 42 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 13 pieces

• 1 piece

Kaylee is making necklaces for her 6 friends. She needs 20 beads to make one necklace. She has collected 85 beads, 6 strings, and 10 clasps so far. How man more beads does Kaylee need to make all 6 necklaces? What two operations (+, -, x) did you use?

• 45 more beads; x/+

• 35 more beads; ÷/+

• 45 more beads; x/-

• 35 more beads; x/-

Adia had 10 stamps. She bought 10 more and gave 5 to her brother. Which equation can be used to find the number of stamps, n, Adia had left?

• 10 ÷ 5 = n

• 10 - 5 = n

• 20 ÷ 5 = n

• 20 - 5 = n

Kerry runs 4 miles each day, 7 days a week. She has already run 24 miles this week. How many more times will Kerry run this week?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?

• 178

• 79

• 20

• 62

Luigi was helping clean up after a pizza party. There were 3 boxes of pizza left and each box had ⅜ of a pizza in it. How much pizza was left in all?

• 1⅛ boxes

• ⅞ box

• 1 box

• 1¼ boxes

Stuart lives ¾ mile from school. Albert lives 4 times as far as Stuart from school. How many miles does Albert live from school?

• 3 miles

• 3¼ miles

• 2¾ miles

• 3½ miles

Jenny bought some school supplies.  She bought two packages of markers.  They were $0.99 each.  She bought a notebook for $1.75.  How much money does she have left from a five dollar bill?

• $2.76

• $3.73

• $1.27

• $2.77

Jimmy brought cupcakes to school. His class wanted only the blue and pink cupcakes. 1/3 of the cupcakes are blue, 5/12 of the cupcakes are white, and 1/4 of the cupcakes are pink. What fraction of the cupcakes will be eaten?

• 1/2 of the cupcakes

• 5/12 of the cupcakes

• 6/12 of the cupcakes

• 7/12 of the cupcakes

Your family traveled to see Grandma on Spring Break. On the first day you traveled 92.7 miles. On the second day you traveled 86.53 miles farther. How far did your family travel in all?

• 95.80 miles

• 179.23 miles

• 189.23 miles

• 6.17 miles