Multistep Equations and Word Problems

Sawyer and his siblings have 247 t-shirts altogether. 53 of the shirts are striped and 76 of the shirts have other patterns. How many of the shirts are plain colored (x)? Which of the following equations would help to solve for the variable x?

• 247 + 53 + 76 = x

• 247 - (53 + 76) = x

• (247 + 53) - 76 = x

• 247 - 53 = x

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4.OA.3

Lizana Elementary is collecting money to help pay for new recess equipment. The school wants to collect $25,000. If the school collects $12,455 selling wrapping paper and $2,385 selling snowballs, how much more money do they need to collect to pay for the recess equipment?

• $39,840

• $1,016

• $12,545

• $10,160

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4.OA.3

Mr. Robert's pedometer recorded 43,498 steps in one week. His goal is 88,942 steps. How many more steps does Mr. Robert need to reach his goal?

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4.OA.3

Mrs. Ladner, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Figg are selling flags to raise money for the math club. Mrs. Ladner sells 1,457 flags and Ms. Harris sells 1,686 flags.  How many flags will Mr. Figg need to sell in order to reach their goal of 5,000 flags?

• 1,857 flags

• 3,143 flags

• 8,143 flags

• 5,229 flags 

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4.OA.3

On Saturday night, 23,748 people attended the concert. On Sunday, 7,570 more people attended the concert than on Saturday. How many people attended the concert on Sunday?

• 31,328 people

• 31,318 people

• 16,178 people

• 21,318 people

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4.OA.3

A family spent $93 at a carnival. They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on food. They spent the rest of the money on games. Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

• 93=g+36−18

• 93=18+36−g

• 93=36−18−g

• 93=g+36+18

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Holden had 3 packs of baseball cards with 6 cards in each pack. He gives his friend Clay 4 cards. Which shows one way to find the number of cards Holden has left?

• multiply 2 by 3 and then subtract 6

• multiply 3 by 6 and then subtract 4

• multiply 3 by 6 and then add 4

• multiply 2 by 3 and then add 6

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 +25)+40

• p = (185-25)-40

• p = (185+25)x40

• p = (185-25)÷40

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Keith bought 3 shirts for $17 each and 4 pairs of shorts for $19 each. How much money did he spend altogether?

• 51

• 76

• 127

• 137

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8