Solving Multi-Step Word Problems

Aliah was making bracelets to sell at Bulldog Day. She needed 26 beads for each bracelet. If she sold 42 red bracelets, 27 blue bracelets, and 28 green bracelets, how may beads did she need for the bracelets?

• 97

• 123

• 2,162

• 2,522

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Grapes are on sale for $1.60 per pound. If Rosie paid $1.92 for her grapes, how many pounds of grapes did she buy?

• 0.6

• 0.9

• 1.2

• 1.3

Damien had a supply of 3,016 pencils.  There were 273 students who EACH borrowed 4 pencils.  How many pencils are left in the supply bin?

• 2,084

• 2,743

• 1,924

• 1,929

Jurrien collected 5,889 pennies. This is 1,782 FEWER than Matteo collected. About how many pennies did Matteo collect?

• 5,000

• 8,000

• 4,000

• 7,000

Fiona is trying to save money for drama school.  If she saves $2,876 each year for the next four years, how much will she have saved?

• $11,504

• $11,294

• $11,490

• $2,880

Patrick washes 21 cars per day. He is paid at a rate of $7.50 for every 3 cars he washes. How much is Patrick paid for each car he washes?

• $2.50

• $4.50

• $22.50
  $22.50

• $52.50

Ava bought a sandwich for $5.25, a bowl of soup for $3.15, a bag of chips for $1.25 and two cookies for $0.75 each. If she had $20.00 how much change did she get back?

• $9.60

• $11.15

• $8.85

• $8.50

A worksheet had 7 problems on it. If a teacher had 17 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?

• 72

• 54

• 63

• 32

In the school library there are 4 round tables that can seat a total of 20 students.There are also 2 long tables that can seat a total of 4 students less than the round tables. How many seats are available in the school library?

• 20

• 24

• 36

• 16