Multi-Step Word Problems 1
Luisa reads 2 pages of her book every minute. At this rate, how many hours will it take her to read 300 pages?
2 1/2 hours
Kareem has a pencil that is 13.5 centimeters long and acrayon that is 87.5 millimeters long. how many millimeters longer is the pencil than the crayon?
47.5 millimeters
Raoul has a bottle that contains 2.2 liters of sparkling water. he pours 300 milliliters of the water from the bottle into a glass. How much sparkling water is left in the bottle?
1,900 milliliters or 1.9 liters
2 1/2 hours is how many minutes?
150 minutes
How many meter(s) in 10 centimeters?
0.1 meters
Thomas has two kittens. He records the mass of one kitten as 2.2 kilograms and the mass of the other kitten as 1,890 grams. What is the total mass of the two kittens in kilograms?
4.09 kg
8 1/4 pounds
Billy has 2 3/4 gallons of green paint left over from last year. He buys 6 new quarts of green paint. How much green paint does he have in all?
17 quarts or 4 1/4 gallons
5.25 kilometers is how many meters?
5,250 meters
How many pound(s) in 120 ounces?
7 1/2 pounds
Stella needs fencing for the perimeter of a rectangular garden that is 16 feet long and 4 feet wide. The fencing she wants is sold in yards. How many yards of fencing will she need to buy for the perimeter?
13 1/3 yards
In a race, Karen rode her bike for 1 1/2 hours then swam for 45 minutes. How long did Karen spend riding her bike and swimming in the race?
135 minutes or 2 1/4 hours
Carol is comparing two rectangular tiles for a flooring project. The blue tile is 8 centimeters longs and 6 centimeters wide. The yellow tile is 70 millimeters long and 68 millimeters wide. Which tile covers the greater area?How much greater is the area?
the area covered by the blue tile is greater by 0.4 square centimeters or 40 square millimeters
5 1/2 gallons is how many cups?
88 cups
How many quart(s) in 10 cups?
2 1/1 quarts
Ray has 3 1/2 gallons of maple syrup. He fills nine 1-quart bottles with syrup and gives them away. How any quarts of maple syrup does Ray have left?
5 quarts
Ella is 66 inches tall. Andy is 6 1/2 feet tall. Who is taller? By how much?
Andy is taller by 12 inches or 1 foot
Vivian spends 90 minutes doing homework, 2/3 hour reading, and 8 minutes making her lunch. How many more minutes does Vivian spend doing homework than reading and making her lunch?
42 minutes
8 1/2 pounds is how many ounces?
136 ounces
How many ton(s) in 4,500 pounds?
2 1/4 tons
Cassie has 10 1/2 feet of string to make 15 beaded bracelets. She needs 9 inches of string for each bracelet. Does she have enough string to make all the bracelets? Explain.
No. Cassie only has 126 inches of string and she needs 135 inches of string to make 15 bracekets.
Jazmin is mailing two packages. One package weighs 3 1/2 pounds, and the other package weighs 20 ounces. What is the total weight of both packages?
76 ounces or 4 3/4 pounds
James has to fill 40 water bottles for the soccer team. Each bottle hold 500 milliliters of water. How many liters of water does James need in all?
20 liters
2.15 liters is how many milliliters?
2,150 milliliters
How many kilometer(s) in 6,500 meters
6.5 meters