Grade 5: Mastering Multi-Step Word Problems & Expressions

A farmer has 12 apples. He buys 5 more bags of apples, each containing 8 apples. How many apples does he have now?

• 60

• 36

• 45

• 52

Lisa has 3 times as many marbles as Tom. If Tom has 15 marbles, how many marbles does Lisa have?

• 15

• 60

• 30

• 45

A book costs $12. If Sarah buys 4 books and pays with a $60 bill, how much change does she receive?

• $24

• $36

• $12

• $48

In a classroom, there are 24 students. If 6 students are absent, how many students are present?

• 12

• 15

• 20

• 18

A baker makes 48 cookies. He packs them into boxes of 6 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

A toy costs $25. If you buy 3 toys and pay with a $100 bill, how much money will you have left?

• $75

• $25

• $50

• $10

A gardener plants 5 rows of flowers with 8 flowers in each row. How many flowers did he plant in total?

• 50

• 64

• 30

• 40

Emma read 15 pages of a book on Monday and 20 pages on Tuesday. If the book has 100 pages, how many pages does she have left to read?

• 65 pages

• 80 pages

• 50 pages

• 70 pages

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If 3 slices are eaten, what fraction of the pizza is left?

• 7/8

• 5/8

• 3/8

• 1/2

A school has 150 students. If 30 students are in the 5th grade, what percentage of the students are in the 5th grade?

• 15%

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%