Multi Step Rational Word Problems

15 How many inches were cut?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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.

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.

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

John has 4 bags of marbles. Each bag contains 15 marbles. He gives 18 marbles to his friend and then buys 2 more bags, each containing 15 marbles. How many marbles does John have now?

• 72

• 78

• 84

• 90

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

Hint: Multi-step

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

A gardener plants 9 rows of flowers with 14 flowers in each row. Later, 3 rows of flowers are removed. How many flowers are left?

• 84

• 90

• 108

• 126

Esteban took a test in Math. He lost 4 points of each of the 6 questions he got wrong and earned an additional 10 points for answering a bonus question correctly. How many points did Esteban receive or lose overall?

• He lost 14 points overall.

• He lost 34 points overall.

• He gained 14 points overall

• He gained 4 points overall.

Stephen had 36 tickets for games at the fair. He used ⅓ of the tickets on the dart-balloon game. He then used 0.5 of the remaining tickets to play the ring-toss game. He won 6 tickets playing the ring-toss. How many tickets did Stephen have after playing these games?