This challenging worksheet has students answer multiple-choice questions, and fill in blanks to practice multi-step word problems skills.
It includes 9 questions across 2 sections for focused practice.
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Multi-Step Word Problems
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A movie theater has 6 rows of 12 seats. If 29 seats are empty, how many people are watching the movie?
A) 43 people
B) 47 people
C) 39 people
D) 51 people
2. A school orders 8 boxes of 15 notebooks. Teachers hand out 68 notebooks. How many notebooks are left?
A) 42 notebooks
B) 52 notebooks
C) 48 notebooks
D) 58 notebooks
3. A cafeteria prepares 45 sandwiches and 35 salads. They pack meals into boxes of 5. How many boxes do they fill?
A) 14 boxes
B) 18 boxes
C) 16 boxes
D) 12 boxes
4. A toy factory makes 9 batches of 8 action figures and already had 48 in storage. How many action figures are there now?
A) 112 action figures
B) 120 action figures
C) 124 action figures
D) 116 action figures
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A bookstore has 145 books. It sells 53 on Saturday and 37 on Sunday. There are 55 books left.
2. A coach buys 7 packs of 12 water bottles. The team drinks 39 bottles. There are 45 bottles remaining.
3. Two classes collect 64 cans and 56 cans for recycling. They share them equally among 8 bins. Each bin gets 15 cans.
4. A baker makes 5 trays of 14 cookies. She decorates 32 cookies with frosting. The rest are plain. There are 38 plain cookies.
5. A garden center has 96 plants. It sells 41 in the morning and gets a shipment of 25 more. It has 80 plants now.
Multi-Step Word Problems
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A movie theater has 6 rows of 12 seats. If 29 seats are empty, how many people are watching the movie?
A) 43 people
B) 47 people
C) 39 people
D) 51 people
2. A school orders 8 boxes of 15 notebooks. Teachers hand out 68 notebooks. How many notebooks are left?
A) 42 notebooks
B) 52 notebooks
C) 48 notebooks
D) 58 notebooks
3. A cafeteria prepares 45 sandwiches and 35 salads. They pack meals into boxes of 5. How many boxes do they fill?
A) 14 boxes
B) 18 boxes
C) 16 boxes
D) 12 boxes
4. A toy factory makes 9 batches of 8 action figures and already had 48 in storage. How many action figures are there now?
A) 112 action figures
B) 120 action figures
C) 124 action figures
D) 116 action figures
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A bookstore has 145 books. It sells 53 on Saturday and 37 on Sunday. There are 55 books left.
2) A coach buys 7 packs of 12 water bottles. The team drinks 39 bottles. There are 45 bottles remaining.
3) Two classes collect 64 cans and 56 cans for recycling. They share them equally among 8 bins. Each bin gets 15 cans.
4) A baker makes 5 trays of 14 cookies. She decorates 32 cookies with frosting. The rest are plain. There are 38 plain cookies.
5) A garden center has 96 plants. It sells 41 in the morning and gets a shipment of 25 more. It has 80 plants now.
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