Multi-Step Word Problems

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

Nate had 300 cookies for class. He dropped 145 on his way to school. His mom brought him 123 more cookies. How many cookies does Nate have now?

• 350

• 278

• 155

• 423

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

• 12

• 6

• 21

• 24

Gionni counted 77 birds on the pond. 53 were ducks and the rest were geese. Then the geese flew away in 4 equal flocks. How many geese were in each flock?

• 4

• 6

• 53

• 77

Mr. Starling wants to rearrange his closet of shoes.  There are 32 pairs of shoes in his closet.  He wants 4 rows of shoes.  How many pairs of shoes will go in each row?

• 7

• 28

• 36

• 8

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

Julia bought 6 packs of stickers. Each pack had 8 stickers. Then Julia's friend gave her 10 more stickers. How many stickers does she have now?

• 48

• 58

• 54

• 60

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

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

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