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Multi-step Problems

Solve multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

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This is level 3; Mixed multi-step problems. You can earn a trophy if you get at least 7 questions correct.

1. A train starts from Honeyville with 186 passengers. At Trumpton, 43 more passengers board the train and 16 get off. At Low Hill, 43 more passengers board the train and 51 get off. How many passengers are now on the train?
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2. A book has 1100 pages. On the first day, Jimmy read 142 pages. On the second day, he read 145 pages. On the third day, he read 145 pages. How many pages are left to read?
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3. Sally bought 3 notebooks for £3.50 each and 5 pens for £2.50 each. How much money did she spend in total?

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4. Manjit bought 7 packs of stickers, with each pack containing 20 stickers. She gave 23 stickers to her friend. How many stickers does Manjit have now?

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5. A car traveled a distance of 300 km in 5 hours. If the car traveled at a constant speed, how far can it travel in 7 hours?

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6. There are 80 children in a playground. If one fifth of them are playing soccer and the rest are playing basketball, how many children are playing basketball?

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7. Tom has £88.28. He spends £16 on a game and then gives £5 to each of his 7 friends. How much money does Tom have now?

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8. Michelle has 35 small chocolate bars. She wants to divide them equally among her 4 friends and keep 7 bars for herself. How many bars does each friend receive?

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9. A box contains 100 marbles. If one fifth of the marbles are blue, three tenths are red, and the rest are green, how many marbles are green?

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10. A rectangular lawn has a length of 25 metres and a width of 19 metres. If a path of one metre wide is built around the lawn, what is the total area of the path?

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This is Multi-step Problems level 3. You can also try:
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Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file.

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Mathematicians are not the people who find Maths easy; they are the people who enjoy how mystifying, puzzling and hard it is. Are you a mathematician?

Comment recorded on the 12 July 'Starter of the Day' page by Miss J Key, Farlingaye High School, Suffolk:

"Thanks very much for this one. We developed it into a whole lesson and I borrowed some hats from the drama department to add to the fun!"

Comment recorded on the 14 September 'Starter of the Day' page by Trish Bailey, Kingstone School:

"This is a great memory aid which could be used for formulae or key facts etc - in any subject area. The PICTURE is such an aid to remembering where each number or group of numbers is - my pupils love it!
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Level 1 - Addition and subtraction multi-step problems

Level 2 - Multiplication and division multi-step problems

Level 3 - Mixed multi-step problems

More Arithmetic including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

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