Students tackle advanced two-step word problems combining multiplication and subtraction or division with larger numbers. Part A has four multiple-choice questions about returned bookmarks, bottles bagged, and flower totals. Part B has five fill-in-the-blank problems covering boxes removed from shelves, charity money split equally, and cookies from trays plus storage.
This sheet builds the stamina and flexibility third graders need for multi-step reasoning in fourth grade.
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Multi-Step Word Problems
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A book fair sells 4 packs of 25 bookmarks. Customers return 38 bookmarks. How many bookmarks were kept?
A) 72 bookmarks
B) 58 bookmarks
C) 62 bookmarks
D) 68 bookmarks
2. A class collects 36 bottles on Monday and 44 on Friday. They fill bags of 8 bottles each. How many bags do they fill?
A) 8 bags
B) 12 bags
C) 10 bags
D) 9 bags
3. A garden has 7 rows of 8 flowers. The gardener plants 24 more flowers. How many flowers are there now?
A) 80 flowers
B) 76 flowers
C) 84 flowers
D) 72 flowers
4. A shop starts with 200 hats. It sells 75 hats in week one and 50 in week two. How many hats remain?
A) 65 hats
B) 85 hats
C) 75 hats
D) 80 hats
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A warehouse has 9 shelves with 8 boxes each. Workers remove 27 boxes. There are 45 boxes left.
2. Two classes raise $55 and $45 for charity. They split the money equally among 5 groups. Each group gets $20.
3. A baker makes 6 trays of 11 cookies. She adds 34 cookies from storage. She has 100 cookies total.
4. A farmer harvests 180 ears of corn. He sells 60 at market and gives 45 to neighbors. He keeps 75 ears.
5. A teacher has 8 packs of 10 stickers. She divides them equally among 4 students. Each student gets 20 stickers.
Multi-Step Word Problems
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A book fair sells 4 packs of 25 bookmarks. Customers return 38 bookmarks. How many bookmarks were kept?
A) 72 bookmarks
B) 58 bookmarks
C) 62 bookmarks
D) 68 bookmarks
2. A class collects 36 bottles on Monday and 44 on Friday. They fill bags of 8 bottles each. How many bags do they fill?
A) 8 bags
B) 12 bags
C) 10 bags
D) 9 bags
3. A garden has 7 rows of 8 flowers. The gardener plants 24 more flowers. How many flowers are there now?
A) 80 flowers
B) 76 flowers
C) 84 flowers
D) 72 flowers
4. A shop starts with 200 hats. It sells 75 hats in week one and 50 in week two. How many hats remain?
A) 65 hats
B) 85 hats
C) 75 hats
D) 80 hats
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A warehouse has 9 shelves with 8 boxes each. Workers remove 27 boxes. There are 45 boxes left.
2) Two classes raise $55 and $45 for charity. They split the money equally among 5 groups. Each group gets $20.
3) A baker makes 6 trays of 11 cookies. She adds 34 cookies from storage. She has 100 cookies total.
4) A farmer harvests 180 ears of corn. He sells 60 at market and gives 45 to neighbors. He keeps 75 ears.
5) A teacher has 8 packs of 10 stickers. She divides them equally among 4 students. Each student gets 20 stickers.
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