Multi Step Word Problems

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

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

Jazzlyn and Yarismar each had 7 jars of fireflies. Each jar had 6 fireflies in it. How many firefies did they have in all?

• 98 fireflies

• 49 fireflies

• 42 fireflies

• 84 fireflies

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

The school went to the fair. 102 students spent $13 on popcorn and a drink and 34 spent $15 on cotton candy and a drink. How much did they spend all together?

• $1,836 all together

• $2,560 all together

• $567 all together

• $987 all together

Randy bought new metallic pencils for $27.93 and new neon crayons for $13.17. He paid with a $50 bill. How much change did Randy get back after paying for his new supplies?

• $8.90

• $9.08

• $41.11

• $8.09

Mrs. Needham bought 18 bags of candy for Halloween.

12 of the bags had 56 pieces of candy each.

6 of the bags had 112 pieces of candy each.

How many pieces of candy did Mrs. Needham buy?

• 672 pieces of candy

• 1.420 pieces of candy

• 1,344 pieces of candy

• 850 pieces of candy

Mrs. Needham bought 18 bags of candy for Halloween. 12 of the bags had 56 pieces of candy each. 6 of the bags had 112 pieces of candy each. How many pieces of candy did Mrs. Needham buy?

• 672 pieces of candy

• 1.420 pieces of candy

• 1,344 pieces of candy

• 850 pieces of candy

Mrs. Nehls made 24 tacos. Her family ate 13 of them. Then Mrs. Nehls made 12 more tacos. Which equation can be used to find t, the number of tacos she had then?

• 24 + 13 - 12 = t

• 24 + 13 + 12 = t

• 24 - 13 + 12 = t

• 24 - 13 - 12 = t