U4 L2. Multi-Step Real World Problems PACKET A
1. The table shows the amount of flour needed for six
cookie recipes.
What is the total amount of flour needed for all six
cookie recipes?
A
B
C
D
16.25 cups
15.0 cups
14.5 cups
15.5 cups
2. Carl, Gilda, Conroy, and Kyla are the four candidates
in a school election. Carl received
of the votes, Gilda
received 15% of the votes, and Conroy received of
the votes. If Kyla received all of the remaining votes,
what percentage of the votes did she receive?
A 5%
B 25%
C 40%
D 20%
3. The temperature outside changed from 84°F to 42°F
over a period of six days. If the temperature changed
by the same amount each day, what was the daily
temperature change?
A 42°F
B -7°F
C -42°F
D 7°F
4. Antonia bought a set of dishes, a towel, and a candle
at a housewares store. The set of dishes cost $35.41,
the towel cost $21.62, and the candle cost $9.54 before
any coupons or discounts.
She used a $0.50-off coupon on the candle, a $2.75-off
coupon on the towel, and the set of dishes was on sale
for 10% off the regular price. Which of the following
best describes the amounts that Antonia saved?
A She saved the greatest percentage on the towel.
B She saved the greatest percentage on the candle.
C She saved the same percentage on the towel and the
set of dishes.
D She saved the greatest percentage on the set of dishes.
.
5. Avery had $25.52 in her wallet. If she bought lunch
with
dollars from her wallet, how much money did
she have in her wallet after lunch?
A $16.52
B $14.77
C $16.22
D $15.77
6. Kenneth drove 184.25 miles in
his average speed?
A 55 mph
B 57 mph
C 61 mph
D 50 mph
hours. What was
7. NeNe tripled a cookie recipe for a party. The original
recipe called for 5.25 cups of sugar. NeNe tripled the
sugar amount and poured it into a mixing bowl. The
mixing bowl got knocked over and 4.46 cups of sugar
spilled. How many cups of sugar were left in the mixing
bowl?
A 15.75
B 13.38
C 11.29
D 0.79
8. JU replaces #1 due to duplicate answer choices
Lance baked a pie. Justin ate
of the pie, and Joey ate
of the pie. How much of the pie is left?
A
B
C
D
9. John has 7 boxes of apples. Each box holds 14
apples. If 5 of the boxes are full, and 2 of the boxes are
half full, how many apples does John have?
A 84
B 49
C 35
D 98
10. James's mom gave him $15.00 on Monday morning
to use on lunches. At his school, the school lunch costs
$1.50, which he bought Monday through Thursday. On
Friday, he decided to buy 4 slices of pizza instead of
buying the school lunch. If the pizza costs $1.40 per
slice, then how much of the money is left at the end of
the school week?
A $4.90
B $3.40
C $9.20
D $4.80
11. Wesley input his data from an experiment, shown
in the table below, into a spreadsheet.
Density is equal to mass divided by volume. What is the
density of sample 3? Round to the nearest hundredth, if
necessary.
A
B
C
D
12. Robert delivers papers every morning. On Sundays
he has to deliver 63 papers and on each of the other
days he only has to deliver 40 papers. How many
papers does Robert deliver each week?
A 303
B 441
C 383
D 343
13. JU replaces #6 due to duplicate answer choices
Workers Inc. just bought 10 boxes of pens to put in
their storage room for employees to use as needed.
Each box contains 45 pens. If each of the 43 employees
working for Workers Inc. takes 2 pens when they are
first brought into the office, how many pens will be left
in the storage room?
A 364
B 407
C 340
D 448
.
14. replaces #1
Barry's house has 5 windows that he is planning to
replace to improve energy efficiency. The width of each
window is between 3.4 and 3.8 ft, and the length of
each window is between 3.9 and 4.3 ft. Barry estimates
the area of all 5 windows to be 84 sq ft. Is this a
reasonable estimate?
A No, the estimate should be higher.
B Yes, the estimate given is reasonable.
C No, the estimate should be lower.
15. Joey is putting all of his trophies onto 6 shelves. If
he places 7 trophies on each shelf but still has 2
trophies left over, how many trophies does he have?
A 44
B 19
C 42
D 15
16. replaces #1Britney is buying a shirt and a hat at
the mall. The shirt costs $33.17, and the hat costs
$18.30. If Britney gives the sales clerk $100.00, how
much change should she receive? (Ignore sales tax.)
A $48.53
B $45.43
C $51.47
D $58.28
17. replaces #8Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils
for her class. She bought 5 packages of pencils, and
each package contained 66 pencils. There are 22
students in her class and she divided up the pencils so
that each student had the same amount of pencils. If
there were no pencils left over, how many pencils did
each student get?
A 27
B 110
C 15
D 3
18. Stacy works in outside sales. She is on the road 5
days a week. Each day she drives between 92.4 and
119.5 miles and her average speed each day is
between 42.4 and 48.1 miles per hour. Stacy estimates
that she is on the road for approximately 25 hours over
3 weeks. Is this a reasonable estimate?
A Yes, the estimate given is reasonable.
B No, the estimate should be lower.
C No, the estimate should be higher.
19. Angie read 2 books in 5 days, and each book
contained 385 pages. If Angie read the same number of
pages each day, how many pages did she read per
day?
A 154
B 770
C 385
D 84
20. Rita earns $19.00 per hour. If she gets a 5% raise,
what will be her new hourly wage?
A $19.05
B $24.00
C $18.05
D $19.95
21. Mike put 378 baseballs into 9 trash bins. He put the
same number of baseballs in each bin. He took 4 trash
bins of baseballs to the baseball field. How many
baseballs did Mike take?
A 1,760
B 175
C 126
D 168
22. Lois made a dish with
cups of pasta. One
serving of the pasta is 0.3 cups. How many servings of
pasta were in the dish Lois made?
A
B
C
D
23. Mandana is ordering new tile for her kitchen floor.
The area of the floor is 114.8 square feet, and she
wants to order between 15% and 20% extra of the
materials. Which of the following is a reasonable
amount of tile for Mandana to order?
A 131 square feet
B 133 square feet
C 129 square feet
D 139 square feet
24. JU replaces #2 due to duplicate answer choices
A rectangular cake has a length of
inches and a
width of
inches. How many whole, square pieces of
cake with side lengths of
cake?
A 38
B 35
C 36
D 34
inches can be cut from the
25. Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The
paper has to be 3,000 words long, and so far he has
written 660 words. If he only has 6 more days to write
his paper and wants to write the same number of words
each day, then how many words must he write per day
to finish the paper?
A 426
B 2,340
C 890
D 390
26. replaces #4Pasha works as a food scientist. He
designed a recipe for crackers that are 45% wheat flour
by weight. He made a test batch of the crackers from
total pounds of ingredients. What weight of wheat
flour did Pasha use in the test batch?
A
B
C
D
27. JU replaces #3 due to duplicate answer choices
Lisa is on a trip of 3,668 miles. She has already
traveled 154 miles. She has 7 days left in her trip. How
many miles does she need to travel each day to
complete the trip?
A 656
B 3,514
C 502
D 3,012
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28. For a scavenger hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag
of 441 jelly beans evenly into 21 plastic containers and
hid them around the yard. If, after the hunt, Jim has a
total of 189 jelly beans, then how many of the plastic
containers did he find?
A 252
B 14
C 9
D 105
29. Colby is making a home video consisting of a 5minute introduction followed by several short skits.
Each skit is 9 minutes long. If Colby's video is 176
minutes long, how many skits are in his video?
A 24
B 20
C 19
D 14
30. Jenna earns $8.75 per hour working at the mall. If
Jenna worked
hours last week, how much did she
earn before taxes were taken out?
A $201.25
B $210.00
C $206.50
D $212.40
31. Every day, Jason runs for 36 minutes and lifts
weights for 45 minutes. How many minutes will Jason
spend working out in 7 days?
A 315
B 567
C 252
D 63
32. The table shows the estimated driving time
between the cities Kendall will visit on his vacation.
What is the total estimated driving time between these
cities?
A
B
C
D
56.75
56.35
55.75
55.35
hours
hours
hours
hours
33. Harriet has 3 crates of watermelons. Each crate
alone weighs 19.5 pounds and contains between 33 and
37 watermelons. The weight of each watermelon is
between 3.9 and 4.3 pounds. Harriet estimates the
total weight of all 3 crates to be 510 pounds. Is this a
reasonable estimate?
A No, the estimate should be higher.
B No, the estimate should be lower.
C Yes, the estimate given is reasonable.