Solving Multistep Problems: Find and Check Solutions

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $6.00, how many pencils and erasers did you buy?

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has 12 marbles, how many marbles do they have together?

• 36

• 18

• 30

• 24

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?

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

Tom is 4 years older than his sister. If the sum of their ages is 20, how old is Tom?

• 12

• 8

• 14

• 10

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you paid $50 for your rental, how many miles did you drive?

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

• 75 miles

• 120 miles

A gardener has 50 flowers. He plants 3 times as many roses as tulips. If he plants 10 tulips, how many roses does he plant?

• 30

• 15

• 20

• 25

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. If there are 24 students in total, how many boys and girls are there?

• 12 boys and 12 girls

• 8 boys and 16 girls

• 9 boys and 15 girls

• 10 boys and 14 girls

A book costs $15, and a magazine costs $5. If you buy 2 books and some magazines for a total of $45, how many magazines did you buy?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 1

A swimming pool is filled with water at a rate of 200 liters per hour. If it takes 5 hours to fill the pool, how many liters of water does the pool hold?

• 2000 liters

• 1500 liters

• 1000 liters

• 500 liters

Lily has $50. She spends $12 on a book and then saves 40% of the remaining money. How much money does she save?

• 18.40

• 15.20

• 20.00

• 10.80