Multistep Word Problems

Emma reads 20 pages of a book each day. If the book has 120 pages, how many days will it take her to read the entire book, if she starts on Monday?

• 5 days

• 6 days

• 7 days

• 8 days

In preparation of a new school year, Harriet’s mom goes shopping for supplies. She spends $36 on a new backpack, $12 on new binders, $8 for pencils and paper, and $468 on new clothes. Her budget is $1,000. How much is left in her budget?

• $576

• $476

• $376

• $273

Ms. Perales has 5 packs of popsicles. Each pack has 9 popsicles. After giving some popsicles away, she has 30 popsicles left. How many popsicles did she give away?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Colin and Tristan were making posters. Colin made 52 posters. Tristan made six times as many. Which equation can be used to find the total number of posters that were made by BOTH people?

• 52 x 6 =

• (52 x 6) + 6 =

• (52 x 6) + 52 =

• 52 + 6

The costume store has 8 racks of costumes with 16 costumes on each rack. Six groups of 3 people enter the store, and each person buys a costume. How many costumes are left in the store?

• 128 costumes

• 110 costumes

• 28 costumes

• 40 costumes

Peggy’s parents spent $73 at the shoe store. Peggy’s shoes and her sister’s shoes each cost $24. The rest of the money was spent on her brother’s shoes. How much did her brother’s shoes cost?

• $25

• $48

• $49

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

On Monday, Nataliah rode 5 miles on a bike. On Tuesday, she rode 25 miles. On Wednesday she rode 2 times as much as she did Monday and Tuesday combined. What equation could you use to find how many miles Nataliah rode on Wednesday (r)?

• 2 x 5 + 25 = r

• 2 x ( 5 + 25 ) = r

• 2 + ( 5 x 25 ) = r
  

When he left the pizza restaurant, Joseph had 25 pizzas to deliver. At his first stop, he delivered five pizzas to a party. At his second stop, he delivered half of the remaining pizzas to a school. At each remaining stop, he delivered one pizza. How many stops did Joseph make to deliver the 25 pizzas?

• 3

• 10

• 12

• 25

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12

• 6

• 21

• 24