Multiple-Step Math Questions
Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 per hour 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? Show your work. answer: ___________________
Harvey wants to buy a gift for his father that costs $35.92 and a gift for his sister that costs $52.08. He has saved $16.28. How much more does he need to save in order to buy the gifts? Show your work. answer: ___________________
On Monday, there was no snow on the ground in Buffalo, New York. On Tuesday, three inches of snow fell. On Wednesday, a half an inch of snow melted. On Thursday, two and a half more inches fell. On Friday, another inch and a half melted. How much snow was left on the ground Friday night? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Faith had $100. She went to the grocery store and bought three gallons of ice cream for $7.29 each. Then she went to the farmer's market and bought two dozen ears of corn for $5/dozen. How much money did Faith have left? Show your work. answer: ___________________
Caleb wants to rent a kayak. Kayak rentals cost $14.50 for a half hour. If Caleb rents a kayak for one hour and forty-five minutes, how much will it cost him? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Jasmine wants to organize her books in order of most number of pages to least number of pages. Jasmine's longest book has 396 pages and her shortest book has one-fourth as many pages as the longest. If the book in the middle of her shelf has three times the number of pages of the shortest book, then how many pages does the middle book have? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Hector serves ice cream at a local ice cream shop. He sells 19 ice cream cones on Saturday, 27 ice cream cones on Sunday, and 153 ice cream cones for the entire week. How many ice cream cones did Hector sell on the weekdays? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Summer day camp is about to begin. Today there are 132 boys signed up and 219 total children signed up. How many more boys than girls are signed up for camp? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56.25 for a large painting. He charges $25.80 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________
On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday? Show your work and label your answer. answer: ___________________