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

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

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

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

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

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

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