Multi-Step Word Problems
Ashton had two boxes of pencils with fourteen pencils in each box. He gave six pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
22 pencils
Diego mixed 0.4 grams of salt into a pot of soup he was cooking. Before he served the soup, Diego added 0.2 grams of salt. How much salt did Diego put into the soup in all?
0.6
What is the place value of the 3 in 430?
30 or 3 tens
Simone is buying packages of peanuts. Each package of peanuts costs $2.00. How much will she spend for 5 packages of peanuts?
$10.00
Each side of a square calendar is 5 inches long. What is the calendar's area?
25 square inches
Craig has a twenty dollar bill. He buys toy cars for $2 each. How much money did Craig have left?
___ + 1.6 = 5
3.4
What number has 7 thousands and 4 less hundreds than thousands?
9500
There are 5 cards in each box. How many
cards are in 9 boxes?
45
A rectangular vegetable patch is 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is its area?
36
Razeen bought a sketch book with 125 blank pages in it. He tears out 7 bank pages for her friend to draw on. Razeen draws pictures on 64 pages. How many blank pages does she have left?
54 Pages
On a farm, the farmer harvested 30.7 crates of apples and 27.9 crates of oranges. How much more crates of apples are harvested?
2.8
What number has 7 tens and 3 less ones than tens?
74
Selah bought stickers. There are 9 stickers in each box. How many stickers are in 90 boxes?
810 stickers
A square is 9 meters wide. What is the perimeter?
36 meters
Peter has four horses. Each one eats 4 pounds of oats, twice a day. How many pounds of oats does he need to feed his horses for 3 days?
96 pounds of oats
Farmer Donavon has 12.4 acres of land. He uses 4.5 acres of land for growing fruits and 6.1 acres of land for growing vegetables. How much land does he have left to use?
1.8 acres
What is the place value of the 8 in 58,456?
8,000
Kendryck has 43 boxes of cards. Each box
holds 5 cards. How many cards does
Kendryck have?
215
The area of a rectangle is 28 square meters. The length is 7 meters. What is the width of the rectangle?
Hint: A=L x W
4
There are 96 fourth graders at Clara H. Carlson School. 43 on them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were at Small Tree Intermediate School on Friday?
49 Boys
A bridge is 239.4 meters long. Because of a traffic jam, Kiara's car stops after he drives 102.3 meters on the bridge. How much more does he need to drive to get off the bridge?
137.1
What number has 2 ten thousands, 6 more thousands than ten thousands, 3 more hundreds than ten thousands, the same number of tens as thousands, and the same number of ones as tens?
28,588
Neah went to the store 14 times last month. She buys 87 stickers each time she goes to the store. How many stickers did Neah buy last month?
1,218
A rectangular street sign is 17 inches wide and 9 inches tall. What is its area?
153 square in