7th Grade Multi-Step Math: Check Your Solutions!

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If a student buys a total of 10 items and spends $6.00, how many pencils and erasers did they buy? Check your solution by calculating the total cost.

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If the total number of marbles they have together is 36, how many marbles does each person have? Verify your answer by adding the number of marbles together.

• John has 18 marbles and Maria has 18 marbles.

• John has 12 marbles and Maria has 24 marbles.

• John has 15 marbles and Maria has 21 marbles.

• John has 10 marbles and Maria has 26 marbles.

A recipe requires 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar do you need in total? Check your calculations by dividing the total by the number of batches.

• 20 cups

• 25 cups

• 15 cups

• 10 cups

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If a customer pays $50, how many miles did they drive? Confirm your answer by calculating the total cost based on the miles driven.

• 100 miles

• 250 miles

• 200 miles

• 150 miles

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. If there are 40 students in total, how many boys and girls are there? Check your solution by adding the number of boys and girls together.

• 25 boys and 15 girls

• 20 boys and 20 girls

• There are 15 boys and 25 girls.

• 10 boys and 30 girls

A gardener is planting flowers in rows. If each row has 8 flowers and there are 5 rows, how many flowers are there in total? Verify your answer by multiplying the number of rows by the number of flowers per row.

• 36

• 40

• 32

• 48

A book costs $15, and there is a sale where you can buy 3 books for the price of 2. If you want to buy 9 books, how much will you spend? Check your solution by calculating the total cost of the books purchased.

• $120

• $90

• $75

• $60

A swimming pool is being filled with water. If it fills at a rate of 150 liters per hour and it takes 8 hours to fill the pool, how many liters of water does the pool hold? Verify your answer by multiplying the rate by the time.

• 800 liters

• 1000 liters

• 1500 liters

• 1200 liters

A school is organizing a field trip. If each bus can hold 40 students and there are 120 students going, how many buses are needed? Check your solution by dividing the total number of students by the capacity of each bus.

• 2

• 4

• 5

• 3

A baker made 120 cookies and wants to package them in boxes of 10. How many boxes will he need? Verify your answer by multiplying the number of boxes by the number of cookies per box.

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 12