Multi-Step Word Problems With Multiple Operations

100 elementary schools are collecting can food items for a local charity. The schools have a goal to donate 30,000 cans. 42 schools have each collected 386 items. 33 schools have each collected 178 items. How many more cans need to be collected to reach the goal?

• 16,212

• 22,086

• 5,874

• 7,914

Diane goes to the store and buys 2 large bags of pretzels that are $2.85 each, a drink that is $1.86, and a pack of gum that is 60 cents. If she pays with a $10 bill, how much change should she receive?

• $8.16

• $67.56

• $1.84

• $57.56

Sally stopped at a flea market Saturday. She bought 3 necklaces priced at $7.20 each and 4 chairs priced at $13.75 each. How much did she spend at the flea market?

• $20.95

• $146.65

• $27.95

• $76.60

There are 100 fifth graders at Motley Elementary. 45 of them are girls. On Monday, 10 fifth grade girls and 8 fifth grade boys were absent. How many fifth grade boys were at Motley on Monday?

• 47 fifth grade boys

• 57 fifth grade boys

• 37 fifth grade boys

Julissa and Emily have 30 seashells each. They want to split their total seashells that they collected in 5 pails equally. How many seashells go in each pail?

• 10 seashells

• 12 seashells

• 8 seashells

• 60 seashells

Eli had 8 buckets. In each bucket he had 8 water balloons. He tossed 12 balloons at Sean and 15 balloons at Harold and they broke. How many balloons does Eli have left?

• 48 balloons

• 28 balloons

• 37 balloons

• 51 balloons

Morgan and Em went shopping for Mother's Day. They each bought their mom a bouquet of flowers for $22.56. Morgan gave the store clerk $50.00 to pay for their bill. How much change did she get back?

• $5.56

• $6.49

• $4.88

• $8.68

David had 56 action figures. He gave 8 to Wilkin. The rest he split equally into 6 boxes. How many action figures went in each box?

• 7 action figures

• 8 action figures

• 42 action figures

• 24 action figures

Jayla swam 15 laps in the pool. Julia swam 2 times more laps than Jayla. How many laps did Julia swim?

• 20 laps

• 35 laps

• 30 laps

• 10 laps

Aubree and Nathaly went to the park at 10:00 AM. They stayed at the park for 4 hours. What time did they leave the park?

• 2:00PM

• 2:00AM

• 1:00PM

• 1:00AM