Multi-Step
Sandra read 5 books, Deacon read 6 books and Breanna read 7 books. One book was read by all three children, but every other book was different. How many different books did the children read?
1 common book + 4 more read by Sandra (5 -1) + 5 more read by Deacon (6 – 1) + 6 more read by Breanna (7 – 1) = 16 different books
A recipe needs 3/4 teaspoon black pepper and 1/4 teaspoon red pepper. How much more black pepper does the recipe need?
3/4 - 1/4 = 2/4 = 1/2
Regan's website had 7 links on each of 9 pages. How many links did she have on her website?
7 links per page x 9 pages per website = 63 links per website
Oliver removed 56 marbles from his marble box and put them into 8 equal groups. How many marbles were in each group?
56 ÷ 8 = 7
Branson and his sister Beatrice combined their allowance of $7 each, so they could buy a movie for $12. They bought $1 containers of fruit salad with the remaining money and split the containers evenly between them. How many containers of fruit salad did they each get?
$7 + $7 = $14 combined allowance; $14 - $12 = $2 remaining money; $2 divided by $1 per container = 2 containers of fruit salad; 2 containers divided by 2 people = 1 container each
In Science class, Sara needed 8 test tubes for 3 different experiments. The first experiment required 2 test tubes and the other two experiments required the same number of test tubes. How many test tubes were needed for each of the other two experiments?
8 test tubes – 2 test tubes = 6 test tubes; 6 test tubes divided by 2 = 3 test tubes for each of the other experiments
A football player advances 2/3 of a yard. A second player in the same team advances 5/4 of a yard. How much more yard did the second player advance?
5/4 - 2/3 = 15/12 - 8/12 = 7/12
Every batch of Lucian's famous chocolate chip cookies takes 9 oz. of chocolate chips. For the school bake sale, he decided to make 8 batches. How many ounces of chocolate chips did he need?
9 oz. per batch x 8 batches = 72 oz.
Amelia sent an equal number of messages each day for one week. At the end of the week, she had sent 49 messages. How many messages did she send each day?
49 ÷ 7 = 7
When Gisselle decided to stop eating junk food, she started saving more of her allowance to buy a larger bicycle. She managed to put away $6 every week for 8 weeks and found a nice used bicycle for $50. She thought that she had close to that amount in her savings jar. Did she have exactly enough for the bicycle? If not, how much extra or how much too little did she have?
$6 per week x 8 weeks = $48. $50 - $48 = $2, so she had $2 too little for the bicycle.
Before Cam broke his right arm, he was able to type 9 words per minute on his phone. After he broke his arm, he had to use his left hand for a while, and he could only type 6 words per minute. What is the difference between the number of words he could type in 5 minutes before and after he broke his arm.
9 words per minute x 5 minutes = 45 words; 6 words per minute x 5 minutes = 30 words; 45 words – 30 words = 15 words difference
John lives 3/8 mile from the Museum of Science. Sylvia leaves 1/4 mile from the Museum of Science. How much closer is Sylvia from the museum?
3/8 - 1/4 = 3/8 - 2/8 = 1/8 mile
Avianna and her boyfriend, Yehuda, rode the bus 6 times in a month and it cost $4 for the two of them each time. If Avianna always paid, how much did it cost her for the month?
$4 per ride x 6 rides = $24
Jack had many extra hockey cards, so he decided to give the extras equally to his 6 friends. If he gave away 48 cards, how many cards did each friend get?
48 ÷ 6 = 8
Gregory's nine chickens laid an average of six eggs each per week. Gregory sold those eggs for $3 per dozen. How much money did he collect in two weeks if he sold all his eggs?
9 chickens x 6 eggs per chicken per week x 2 weeks = 108 eggs in two weeks. 108 eggs divided by 12 eggs per dozen = 9 dozen. 9 dozen eggs x $3 per dozen = $27 in two weeks.