Integer Multi-Step Word Problems

Peggy’s parents spent $73 at the shoe store. Peggy’s shoes and her sister’s shoes each cost $24. The rest of the money was spent on her brother’s shoes. How much did her brother’s shoes cost?

• $25

• $48

• $49

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

Miss Rentschler buys 2 drinks and 3 sandwiches. The drinks cost $2 each. and the sandwiches cost $6 each. How much was the total cost of the drinks and sandwiches?

• 22

• 5

• 8

• 20

Goldfish come in 20 bags per crate and the school bought 5 crates for 4th grade snacks. Each 4th grader gets 2 bags. How many 4th graders are there?

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 100

For breakfast, Joe bought a muffin for $1.60 and a cup of coffee for $0.55. For lunch, Joe had soup, a salad, and lemonade. The soup cost $2.75, the salad cost $7.85, and the lemonade cost $0.65. How much more money did Joe spend on lunch than on breakfast?

• $13.40

• $11.25

• $9.10

• $2.15

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

Walmart has a DVD movie section. In the section, it has 4 racks that each have 15 scary movies. It has 3 racks that each have 5 romance movies. There were 11 movies sold yesterday. How many scary and romance movies are left in all?

• 75

• 64

• 4

• 20

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

A business printed 225 books on Friday. Each book had 350 pages. How many pages did the business print on Friday?

• 125

• 350

• 1900

• 78,750

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