Multi-step Word Problems
A library had 48 books on a shelf. Students borrowed 17 books, and then the librarian added 26 new books.
How many books are on the shelf now?
57 books
6 + 3 × 5
21
Which fraction is greater: 5/8 or 3/8?
5/8
Three friends share 75¢ equally.
How much money does each friend get?
25¢
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 9 units and a width of 4 units.
36 square units
There are 7 tables in a classroom with 6 students at each table. Then 9 more students arrive.
How many students are there altogether?
51 students
30 − (4 × 6)
6
Compare using <, >, or = :
4/6 ___ 5/8
4/6 > 5/8
Five students share $2.40 equally.
How much does each student receive?
48¢
Round 6,482 to the nearest hundred.
6,500
A pet store has 9 tanks with 8 fish in each tank. They sell 27 fish and then receive 14 more fish.
How many fish are in the store now?
59 fish
(8 + 4) × 3 − 10
26
There are 24 students in a class.
3/8 of the students brought lunch from home.
How many students brought lunch?
9 Students
Eight children share $5.60 equally.
How much money does each child get?
70¢
A number has 4 hundreds, 7 tens, and 9 ones.
What is the number written in standard form?
479
A farmer picked 96 apples. He packed 54 apples into boxes. Then he picked 38 more apples later that day.
How many apples does he have now?
80 apples
48 ÷ (4 + 2) + 7
15
A jar has 40 marbles.
1/4 are blue and 3/8 are red.
How many marbles are blue or red altogether?
25 marbles
Four friends share $5.00 equally using quarters.
How many quarters does each friend get?
5 Quarters
A rectangle has a perimeter of 30 units.
The length is 9 units.
What is the width?
6 units
A school collected 144 cans. The cans were shared equally into 9 bins. Then 45 more cans were collected and shared equally into the same bins.
How many cans are in each bin now?
21 cans
(9 × 7) − (24 ÷ 6) + (5 × 3)
74
A pizza was cut into 8 slices.
Lena ate 3/8, Noah ate 1/4, and Ava ate 1/8.
How many slices were eaten altogether?
6 slices
Six students share $9.60 equally using dimes.
How many dimes does each student get?
16 dimes
A store sold 8 boxes of pencils with 24 pencils in each box. Then they sold 57 single pencils.
How many pencils did they sell altogether?
249 pencils