Multi Step Word Problems with Rational Numbers

Peter read 34 pages of his book before lunch. After lunch he read some more. If Peter read 56 pages in all, how many pages did he read after lunch?

• 11

• 90

• 14

• 22

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 24

• 1 and 1/2

• 5 and 3/4

• 1/24

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

For breakfast, Joe bought a muffin for $1.60 and a cup of coffee for $0.55. For lunch, Joe had soup, a salad, and lemonade. The soup cost $2.75, the salad cost $7.85, and the lemonade cost $0.65. How much more money did Joe spend on lunch than on breakfast?

• $13.40

• $11.25

• $9.10

• $2.15

A business printed 225 books on Friday. Each book had 350 pages. How many pages did the business print on Friday?

• 125

• 350

• 1900

• 78,750

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

• 6 and 1/3

• 228

• 32

• 44

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

• 1

• 2/9

• 2

• 1/4

Heath has 1/2 pound of raisins. He put the raisins into 4 bags. He put the same amount into each bag. What amount of raisins did Heath put into each bag?

• 2 pounds

• 8 pounds

• 1/8 pounds

• 4 and 1/2 pounds

The total length of three boards is 7/8 of a yard. The lengths of two of the boards are 1/4 of a yard and 3/16 of a yard. What is the length of the third board?

• 5/8 of a yard

• 11/16 of a yard

• 1 and 5/16 of a yard

• 7/16 of a yard

At a picnic, 12 people shared 4 large sandwiches equally. How much of a sandwich did each person get to eat?

• 1/3 of a sandwich

• 3 sandwiches

• 1/48 of a sandwich

• 1/16 of a sandwich