Multi-Step Word Problems I
A recipe for one batch of cookies uses 2 cups of butter. How many cups of butter are needed to make 6 batches of cookies?
What is 12 cups
Joymia had $75 to spend at the book fair. She spent $32 on notebooks and pens and $15 on posters. How much money did she have left over to buy books?
$28
Amy's grandmother has 3 photo albums full of family pictures. Each album has 30 pages of photos. Each page has room for 5 photos. If all the albums are full, how many photos do they have?
What is 450
Leo played games at the arcade to win tickets. He won 9 tickets in each of his first 5 games. He then spent 18 tickets on a mini flashlight. He earned 12 more tickets on his last game.
How many tickets does Leo have left?
39 tickets
A giant boat hits an iceberg, freezes up, and sinks. What's this movie?
The Titantic
One farmer picked 50 pounds of berries. Another farmer picked 46 pounds of berries. If the berries are packed equally into 8 baskets, how many pounds of berries went into each basket?
What is 12?
Dashaya had a bag of candy with 350 pieces of candy in it with lollipops, gumdrops, and sugar sticks. There were 75 lollipops and 123 gumdrops. How many sugar sticks were there?
152
A baker made 6 trays of cookies, with 8 cookies on each tray. During the morning, she sold 23 cookies. In the afternoon, she baked 15 more cookies.
How many cookies does the baker have now?
10 Cookies
A classroom library has 3 shelves with 9 books on each shelf. Students borrow 11 books throughout the week. The teacher brings in 8 new books to add to the shelves.
How many total books are in the classroom library now?
24 books
26
Sidney earned $80 babysitting for the Kleins and $55 babysitting for the Chens. She then earned $75 mowing yards. How much money did Sidney make in total?
$210
Oscar saved $800 to buy new fishing gear. First, he bought a small fishing boat for $540. Then, he bought a new fishing rod for $110. How much of his savings does Oscar have left?
$150
A 4th-grade class is going to a museum. There are 4 groups of students, and each group has 7 students. 6 parents are also joining the trip. At the museum entrance, the total group splits equally into 2 guide groups.
How many people are in each guide group?
17 Students
A sports shop received 4 boxes of soccer balls, with 6 balls in each box. The coach buys 5 soccer balls for the team. The shopkeeper puts the remaining soccer balls equally into 3 mesh bags to store them.
How many bags does the shopkeeper need for all of the soccer balls?
7 bags
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
Quincy Hardware ordered lots of emergency candles this winter. The store ordered 385 more tall candles than short candles. If the store ordered 780 short candles, how many candles did the store order overall?
1,945
Darell's track practice lasted 40 minutes. First, the team stretched for 10 minutes. Then, they ran sprints for 15 minutes. They used the rest of the time to jog around the track. How much time did the team spend jogging around the track?
15 minutes
Danielle and Hayley had a contest to see who could hold a handstand the longest. Danielle held her handstand for 29 seconds, and Hayley held her handstand for 27 seconds. Then, they read about a man who could hold a handstand 13 times longer than both of their times put together! How long could the man hold a handstand?
728 seconds
Jonathan bought 7 pouches of Oreos. Each pouch had 5 Oreos in them. He gave all of the Oreos to his friends, and each friend got 5 of them. How many friends got Oreos?
7
What color would you make if you mixed red and yellow?
Orange
Last Friday, students at Frost Elementary could choose between hot dogs and hamburgers. There were 45 more students who bought hamburgers than hot dogs. If 78 students bought hot dogs and hot dogs cost $2 and hamburgers $3, how much money was made in all?
What is $525?
Donald is playing a racing video game. If he earns 1,250 points, he gets to buy a new race car. When Donald played on Monday, he earned 445 points before saving his game. On Tuesday, he continued his saved game and earned another 603 points. How many more points does Donald need in order to buy the new race car?
202
Perry is a nurse who works 35 hours a week. There are 52 weeks in a year, but he takes 3 weeks off each year for vacation. How many hours does Perry work each year?
1715
Amor has 5 tubs of yellow daisies and 3 tubs of red roses. Each tub of yellow daisies has 40 daisies, and each tub of red roses has 32 roses. How many flowers does Amor have in all?
360
How many ribs are on the human body?