WorksheetsMulti Step Word Problems with Rational Numbers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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.
(a)
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?
(a)
11 How much longer did Lois play than Souzi?
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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?
(a) 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?
(a) 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?
(a) 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?
(a)
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
Your bank account balance is -$31.00. You then get paid $195 for work this week before paying your cellphone bill of $75. How much money remains in your account?
$-89.00
$51.00
$301.00
$89.00
Jonah had $340.87 in his checking account. He withdrew $52 and wrote a check for $18.72. Find the new balance.
$270.15
$411.59
$374.15
$307.59
A girl's hair is 12 3/8 inches long. If she has 2 1/2 inches cut off, how long will her hair be?
10 1/4 inches
10 3/16 inches
9 7/8 inches
10 7/8 inches
Angelo has $5.50 for lunch. He guys a cookie for $1.05 and a drink for 1.45. How much money does Angelo have left?
$2.50
$3.00
$1.25
$4.00
Nik brought a bag of candy to school. He started with 50 pieces, but gave out 15 pieces to EACH of his TWO friends. His nice math teacher gave Nik 3 pieces of candy. How much does he have now?
37 pieces
10 pieces
0 pieces
23 pieces
