Multi Step or One Step Word Problems

Steven has 4 bags of erasers. Each bag has 9 erasers in it. Steven shares the erasers between himself and 5 friends. How many erasers does each child get?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 18

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12

• 6

• 21

• 24

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

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15

• 13

• 18

• 12

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 +25)+40

• p = (185-25)-40

• p = (185+25)x40

• p = (185-25)÷40

A family spent $93 at a carnival. They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food. They spent the rest of the money on games. Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

• 93=g+36−18

• 93=18+36−g

• 93=36−18−g

• 93=g+36+18

Paul bought 3 boxes of chocolate candy and 4 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 6 pieces inside it, how much candy did he have total?

• 42 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 13 pieces

• 1 piece

Two times the quantity of seven less than one-fourth of a number is equal to four more than one-third a number. Which equation represents this?

A fitness club opens with 80 members. Each month the membership increases by 15 members.

Which equation represents the relationship between the number of months the club has been opened, x,

and the total fitness club membership, y?

• y = 15x

• y = 15x + 80

• y = x + 15

• y = 80x + 15

If ChipCo sold their bags of corn chips for $5 per bag plus $1 for bagging it and it costs the same as $4 per bag of CrunchyChips corn chips plus their price of $2 for bagging it, which equation would make them cost the same?

• 5 + 1x = 2x + 4

• 9x = 3

• 5x + 1 = 4x + 2

• 5x = 6x