Multi-Step Word Problem Four Operations

The cafeteria had 65 peaches. They handed out 37 to students for snack and used the rest to make cobblers. If each cobbler takes 4 peaches, how many cobblers could they make?

• 11

• 28

• 7

• 41

While playing a game Ella defeated 7 enemies. She earned 30 points for each defeat. If she traded her points for 3 extra lives, how many points is it per life?

• 21

• 10

• 213

• 70

Caroline had $127 dollars in the bank. She spend $58 on a new outfit. Her mom gave her $15 for cleaning the house. How much money does Caroline have now?

• $84

• $73

• $142

• $68

Zoe had 35 homework problems. She finished 15 on the bus, but still had 4 pages of problems to complete. If each page has the same number of problems on it, how many problems are on each page?

• 31

• 19

• 50

• 5

East Elementary held a coat drive and collected 10 bins of coats. Each bin had 10 coats. The school wants to donate the coats equally to four charitable organizations. How many coats will each organization receive?

• 20

• 25

• 24

• 5

Miracle won 60 tickets playing skeeball at the arcade. She spent 35 tickets picking out prizes at the prize counter. She decided to play one more game and earned 7 more tickets. How many tickets does Miracle have?

• 23

• 42

• 88

• 32

Which process would you follow to answer the problem? A painter needs to paint 7 rooms in a building. It takes 4 hours to paint one room. He has already painted 3 rooms. How much longer will it take the painter to finish painting all the rooms?

• 7-3=4 then 4x4= 16 hours

• 7+4=11 then 11x3= 33 hours

• 7-4=3 then 3x4= 12 hours

• 7+4=11 then 11+3= 14 hours

There are 27 students in each 4th grade class.  There are 22 students in each 3rd grade class.  There are 6 3rd grade classes and 4 4th grade classes.  How many students are in 3rd and 4th grade combined?
Is this a multi-step or single step word problem?  

• Multi-step

• Single Step

Mrs. Torres loves tootsie rolls.  She bought 33 bags of tootsie rolls at the beginning of the year.  There are 778 tootsie rolls in each bag.  How many tootsie rolls are in 24 bags of tootsie rolls?
What operation will you need to use to solve this problem?

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• -

• X

Mrs. Garran loves Chocolate Chip cookies.  For her birthday, the 4th grade teachers made her some cookies.  Since she loves chocolate so much, the teachers used 3 bags of chocolate chips.  Each bag had 476 chocolate chips in it.  How many chocolate chips were in the cookies for Mrs. Garran?
What operation will you need to use to solve this problem?

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• -

• X