Multi Step Word Problems

Blaze is paid $4 for every hour he babysits. Mrs. Dirlam paid him for 5 hours of babysittting. On the way home, Blaze spent $9 on a book and $6 on a puzzle. How much money did Blaze have left from the money he received from Mrs. Dirlam?

• $5 left

• $20 left

• $14 left

• $10 left

Which process would you use to solve the problem? At lunch a waiter had 12 customers and 4 didn't leave a tip. If the waiter received $5 from the ones who did tip, how much money did he earn?

• 12-4 = 8 then 8x5= 40

• 8x5=40 then 40-4=36

• 12+4= 16 then 16x5=80

• 5x4=20 then 20-12=8

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

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

A book store had eight books in the clearance section. If they sold 5 books, but then put 23 more books in the clearance section, how many books would be in the bin?

• 32

• 27

• 26

• 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