Identify Correct Operations to Solve Multistep Word Problems

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

Keith bought 3 shirts for $17 each and 4 pairs of shorts for $19 each. How much money did he spend altogether?

• 51

• 76

• 127

• 137

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

Maya had 10 stamps. She bought 10 more and gave 5 to her brother. Which equation can be used to find the number of stamps, n, Maya had left?

• 10 ÷ 5 = n

• 10 - 5 = n

• 20 ÷ 5 = n

• 20 - 5 = n

Tara had 245 more stickers than Madyson. Madyson had 320 stickers. How many stickers do they have in all?

• 335

• 775

• 885

• 658

Rylan bought sixty-seven tickets at the state fair. He spent twenty-two tickets at the 'dunk a clown' booth and decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost five tickets, how many rides could he go on?

• 6 rides

• 7 rides

• 8 rides

• 9 rides

Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games

• 3 games

• 7 games

• 99 games

The cafeteria had fifty-one apples. For lunch they handed out forty-one to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes five apples, how many pies could they make?

• 51 pies

• 41 pies

• 10 pies

• 2 pies

A pet store had ninety-five puppies. In one day they sold forty-six of them and put the rest into cages with seven in each cage. How many cages did they use?

• 5 cages

• 6 cages

• 7 cages

• 8 cages

What two operations would you use to solve this word problem? Randy bought new pencils for $2.00 and new crayons for $1.00. He paid with a $5 bill. How much change did Randy get back after paying for his new supplies? ($2.00)

• multiply and divide

• add and subtract

• multiply and add

• divide and subtract