Multi-Step Word Problems

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

Ms. Cangiano's class is collecting aluminum cans for a recycling project. George brings in 3 bags with 10 cans in each bag. Ava brings in 6 bags with 11 cans in each bag. How many cans do they have so far?

• 96 cans

• 30 cans

• 33 cans

• 90 cans

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

Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games

• 3 games

• 7 games

• 99 games

Mackenzie has 8 markers. Ty has three times as many. If they combine their markers, how many do they have? 

• 32

• 24

• 18

• 38

Ms. Judy went to the grocery store to purchase tomatoes. The tomatoes came in packages with 8 tomatoes in each package. She purchased 6 packages. How many total tomatoes did Ms. Judy buy?

• 14

• 48

• 36

• 40

Ms. McDougald was ordering dinner for herself and 4 family members. Each meal she purchased was $8. How much total money did she spend?

• $12

• $13

• $32

• $40

Akhira started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 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?

• $15

• $378

• $477

• $467

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