Multi-Step Word Problems

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

Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $16 an hour for mowing lawns and $25 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September?

• $1,233

• $2,952

• $1,719

• $2,800

Carrie and Jamie made cookies for the Bragg bake sale. Carrie baked 77 cookies. Jamie baked twice as many as Carrie. How many cookies did they bake altogether?

• 77 cookies

• 154 cookies

• 231 cookies

• 221 cookies

There are 100 fifth graders at Bragg School. 45 of them are girls. On Monday, 10 fifth grade girls and 8 fifth grade boys were absent. How many fifth grade boys were at Bragg on Monday?

• 47 fifth grade boys

• 57 fifth grade boys

• 37 fifth grade boys

Bradley has tomato plants in his garden. This year the plants grew 119 tomatoes. Birds ate 17 of the tomatoes. 19 were ruined by bugs. He picked the rest. How many tomatoes did he pick?

• 83 tomatoes

• 155 tomatoes

• 73 tomatoes

• 84 tomatoes

For a bake sale, the chess club needed to sell $300 worth of goods to meet their goal. Each item cost $2. Each club member made 30 items. They sold 127 item. How much money did the chess club make?

• $254

• $244

• $3,810

• $314

Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $156 for a large painting. He charges $95 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all?

• $251

• $936

• $1,221

• $2,259

Julissa and Emily have 30 seashells each. They want to split their total seashells that they collected in 5 pails equally. How many seashells go in each pail?

• 10 seashells

• 12 seashells

• 8 seashells

• 60 seashells

Eli had 8 buckets. In each bucket he had 8 water balloons. He tossed 12 balloons at Sean and 15 balloons at Harold and they broke. How many balloons does Eli have left?

• 48 balloons

• 28 balloons

• 37 balloons

• 51 balloons

Jayla swam 15 laps in the pool. Julia swam 2 times more laps than Jayla. How many laps did Julia swim?

• 20 laps

• 35 laps

• 30 laps

• 10 laps