Multi-Step Word Problems

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 24

• 1 and 1/2

• 5 and 3/4

• 1/24

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

For breakfast, Joe bought a muffin for $1.60 and a cup of coffee for $0.55. For lunch, Joe had soup, a salad, and lemonade. The soup cost $2.75, the salad cost $7.85, and the lemonade cost $0.65. How much more money did Joe spend on lunch than on breakfast?

• $13.40

• $11.25

• $9.10

• $2.15

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A business printed 225 books on Friday. Each book had 350 pages. How many pages did the business print on Friday?

• 125

• 350

• 1900

• 78,750

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.5

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

• 6 and 1/3

• 228

• 32

• 44

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

• 1

• 2/9

• 2

• 1/4

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Heath has 1/2 pound of raisins. He put the raisins into 4 bags. He put the same amount into each bag. What amount of raisins did Heath put into each bag?

• 2 pounds

• 8 pounds

• 1/8 pounds

• 4 and 1/2 pounds

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

The total length of three boards is 7/8 of a yard. The lengths of two of the boards are 1/4 of a yard and 3/16 of a yard. What is the length of the third board?

• 5/8 of a yard

• 11/16 of a yard

• 1 and 5/16 of a yard

• 7/16 of a yard

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

At a picnic, 12 people shared 4 large sandwiches equally. How much of a sandwich did each person get to eat?

• 1/3 of a sandwich

• 3 sandwiches

• 1/48 of a sandwich

• 1/16 of a sandwich

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Each of 5 boys ate 2/3 of a pizza. What is the total amount of pizza the boys ate

• 7 and 1/2 pizza

• 3 and 1/3 pizza

• 4 and 1/3 pizza

• 5 and 2/3 pizza

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3