Multistep Basic Operations Word Problems

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

Steven has 4 bags of erasers. Each bag has 9 erasers in it. Steven shares the erasers between himself and 5 friends. How many erasers does each child get?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 18

The list shows the number of trees Isaiah planted in three years. He planted 521 trees in the first year. He planted 387 trees in the second year. He planted 438 trees in the third year. Isaiah wants to plant a total of 2,000 trees. How many more trees does Isaiah need to plant?

• 654

• 1,346

• 874

• 764

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

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

The coffee shop sold 213 cups of coffees on Friday, and 177 cups of coffee on Saturday. The coffee shop wants to sell a total of 575 cups by the end of the weekend. How many cups will they need to sell on Sunday?

• 390

• 185

• 965

• 611

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

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Mrs. Dedo was decorating the school. If she planted 32 flowers around the school, 10 near the playground and put 15 plants in the hallways, how many plants did she buy to make Shoreland look great?

If each plant she bought cost $8, how much did Mrs. Dedo spend on plants?

• PART 1: 47 plants PART 2: $470

• PART 1: 60 plants PART 2: $480

• PART 1: 57 PART 2: $456

Mrs. Dedo was decorating the school. If she planted 32 flowers around the school, 10 near the playground and put 15 plants in the hallways, how many plants did she buy to make Shoreland look great? If each plant she bought cost $8, how much did Mrs. Dedo spend on plants?

• PART 1: 47 plants PART 2: $470

• PART 1: 60 plants PART 2: $480

• PART 1: 57 PART 2: $456

Mr. Nolan paid $36.95 for each adult shirt and $23.95 for each youth shirt he bought. Mr. Nolan bought 2 adult shirts and 5 youth shirts. How much money did he spend on these shirts?

• $167.35

• $258.65

• $232.65

• $193.65