Multi Step Word Problems with Rational Numbers

Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have? Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

Luther owns a farm where he grows red and green tomatoes. He sells both types of tomatoes for $1.70 per pound. One customer bought 10.6 pounds of red tomatoes and 8.3 pounds of green tomatoes. How much money did Luther earn in all from that sale?

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Gretchen spends 1/2 an hour grooming Hobo and 1/3 of an hour riding Hobo. How much time did she spend with Hobo?

________ hours.

Candice and Chris run a relay race at recess. Candice runs 1 ⅓ of a lap around the track. Chris runs ½ of a lap around the track. How much farther does Candice run than Chris?

________ laps

Tina lives 2 ¼ miles from the library. Sonya lives 3 ½ miles from the library. How much further does Sonya live than Tina?

_________ miles

Mr.Gordon is ordering 18 new rackets for the BHS tennis team. Each racket costs 65.99. Delivery costs 2.99 for 6 rackets. What is the total cost of the order?

Devon had his two friends over for pizza. Devon ate 1/4 of the pizza. One of his friends ate 3/8 of the pizza and the other friend ate 1/8 of the pizza. How much of the pizza is left?

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/3

• 1/5

Chris decided to do his history homework a little bit each night. On the first night he did 1/5 of the homework, the second night he completed 1/4 of the homework, and the third night he worked 1/2 of the homework. How much of the homework has Chris completed?

• 19/20 or .95

• 1/2 or .5

• 1/3 or .33

• 1/10 or .1

Aryon has $20. He buys 2 Cokes that each cost $1.50. He also buys a sandwich for $5.50 and a bag of chips that costs $2.25. After Aryon pays for his lunch, how much money does he have left?

• $10

• $10.75

• $9.25

• $0