Multi Step Rational Number Word Problems

Mr.Gordon is ordering 18 new rackets for the BHS tennis team. Each racket costs 65.99. Delivery costs 2.99 for 6 rackets. What is the total cost of the order?

Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?

• 40 yards

• 36 yards

• 147 yards

• 84 yards

On Thursday, ShopRite sold 210 pounds of produce. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more produce did they sell on Friday than Saturday?

• 290 pounds

• 80 pounds

• 340 pounds

• 440 pounds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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