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 12 photos. If all the albums are full, how many photos do they have?
What is 1080
Every page of Gabe's basketball book has 5 pictures NBA players and 5 action pictures. If there are 45 pages in the basketball book, how many pictures are there in all?
450 pictures
On every page of Hayley's diary, she has scribbled 3 hearts and 4 diamonds. If there are 45 pages in her diary, how many drawings did she make in all?
315
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
The lunchroom at Epic Charter School has 14 long tables. Each table has 12 chairs. There are 3 extra chairs near the kitchen. How many chairs are in the lunchroom?
What is 171
Ms. Roberson bought food for the entire class. She bought 37 pizzas for the class. The students ate 22 boxes of pizza. There were 8 slices of pizza in each box. How many slices of pizza were left over?
120
Mrs. Pilgrim decided to get donuts for the entire school. She bought 120 boxes donuts for the school. Everyone ate 90 boxes of donuts. There were 12 donuts in each box. How many donuts were left over?
360 donuts
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
Manny has 3 rose bushes in his front yard. There are 8 more rose bushes in his backyard. He gave each bush 12 spoonfuls of plant food. How much plant food did Manny use altogether?
132
Ms. Pierson bought 22 boxes of books with 12 books in each box. She also bought 30 crates of books with 12 books in each crate. How many books did Ms. Pierson buy in all?
624
Mr. McCarty bought 92 crates of crayons with 20 crayons in each crate. He also bought 40 storage boxes of crayons with 10 crayons in each storage box. How many crayons did Mr. McCarty buy in all?
2240
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
Tranae' bought 12 boxes of chocolate covered strawberries. Each box had 6 chocolate covered strawberries in them. She gave all of the chocolate covered strawberries to her family, and each family member got 9 of them. How many family members got chocolate covered strawberries?
8
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
Siarah has 10 baskets of buttered rolls and 12 baskets of cheddar biscuits. Each basket of buttered rolls has 10 rolls in them, and each basket of cheddar biscuits has 5 biscuits. How much bread did she have in all?
160