#Math #Genius Mixed Multi-Step Problem Solving for Intermediate Elementary Students Multiplication  Division  Addition  Subtraction

#Math #Genius Use notebook paper to answer the following questions. Be sure to complete all of your answers using the Multi-Step Word Problem Template.

#Problem #One I did this one for you! High Pointe has 6 5th grade classes and 4 4th grade classes. 32 folders are needed for each of the classes. High Pointe can only buy folders in packs of 75 or 25 in a box. What is the least amount of packs HP should buy? How many folders will be left over? Too much information (John isn’t important in this problem) Multi-step problem solving: Multiplication, Subtraction

#Problem #Two Jayne has 56 pieces of candy. Jayne is going to share her candy equally among herself and seven of her friends. How many pieces of candy will each friend receive? Hidden Question (Jayne needs to be included in the divisor) Division Problem Solving

#Problem #Three Nick purchased nine gift cards. Nick loaded $5.00 on each gift card. How much money did Nick spend on gift cards altogether? Multiplicative problem solving (1 step)

2, 7, 14 #Problem #Four Please simply answer this problem. Do not use the template! Sandra wrote the factors of 14 below. 2, 7, 14 What factor is missing from Sandra’s list? Is 14 prime or composite? Factors and multiplies

#Problem #Five John has 304 lemons. John shares his lemons among 6 friends and keeps the remaining amount. How many lemons does John keep? Division – Remainder is the final answer

#Problem #Six There are 46 children attending the Hefner field trip. Each van will hold 8 children. How many van’s will be needed to transport each child to and from the field trip? Division – Making meaning of remainders

#Problem #Seven Luke is organizing marbles. Each container will hold 6 marbles. Luke has 329 marbles. How many containers will Luke need? Division – Making meaning of remainders

#Problem #Eight Don has 2 times as many candies as Sally. Sally has 46 candies. Don wants to place his candies into piles of 7. How many piles of 7 can Don make? Multi-Step Problem Solving: Multiplication, Division Interpreting the meaning of Remainders (the remainder is not important here)

#Problem #Nine June received 34 candies after Beth gave her, and 2 other friends an equal share. How many candies did Beth share? Students will want to divide here – 34 is how many each of the three friends received. Students will need to multiply 34 x 3 to find the total amount of candies that Beth started with.

#Problem #Ten Joan has 27 marbles. Larry has 12 times as many marbles as Joan. How many more marbles does Larry have than Joan? Multi-step problem solving (two steps) Students will need to find out how many marbles Larry has first, then find the difference.

#Problem #Eleven Jan has 7 times as many cookies as Freda. Freda has 13 cookies. How many cookies do Jan and Freda have altogether? Multi-step problem solving (two steps). Students will need to find how many cookies Jan has by multiplication. Students will then calculate the sum of Jan and Freda’s cookies.

#Problem #Twelve Sandy has 62 quarters. Curtis has 22 times as many quarters as Sandy. How many quarters does Curtis have? One-step problem (Multiplication)

#Problem #Thirteen Don has 48 apples. Morgan has four times as many apples as Don. How many apples do Don and Morgan have altogether? Two-step problem solving (multiplication and addition)

#Problem #Fourteen Lulu makes $9.00 an hour. Lulu works for seven hours. Lulu also earns $82 in tips during her shift. How much money did Lulu earn? Two-step problem solving (multiplication and addition)

#Problem #Fifteen Jan has 426 piles of books. There are 3 books in each pile. How many books does Jan have altogether? One-step multiplication problem.

#Problem #Sixteen George has 87 books. George is building shelves that will hold 9 books on each shelf. How many shelves will George need for all of his books? Division – Interpreting the meaning of remainders (the remainder is important to the reasoning of the final answer)

#Problem #Seventeen Larry has 3 times as many DVD’s as Jose. Jose has 12 fewer DVD’s as Daniel. Daniel has 30 DVD’s. How many DVD’s do Larry, Jose, and Daniel have altogether? Multi-step problem solving (subtraction, multiplication, addition)

#Problem #Eighteen Joan has 17 fewer bows than Linda. Linda has two times as many bows as Amanda. Amanda has 14 bows. How many bows does Joan have? Multi-step problem solving Multiplication, Subtraction)

#Problem #Nineteen John has 600 pennies in his piggy bank. John is going to roll his pennies into groups of 50. How many rolls of pennies can John make with 600 pennies? Division with a two-digit divisor.

#Problem #Twenty Kim snapped 45 photos of herself. Khloe snapped 20 fewer photos of herself than Kim. Kourtney snapped 3 times as many photos as Khloe. How many photos did Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney snap combined? Comparison Problem Solving – subtraction, multiplication, addition.

#Problem #Twenty-One There are 23 students in Mr. Link’s class. Nine of Mr. Link’s students are girls. How many of Mr. Link’s students are boys? Comparison Problem Solving – Subtraction

#Problem #Twenty-Two Amber has 32 stamps in her collection. Jack has 3 times as many stamps as Amber. How many stamps do Amber and Jack have combined? Two-step problem solving (multiplication and addition)

#Problem #Twenty-Three Tina is placing her 300 books on 6 shelves. The same amount of books will be on each of the 6 shelves. Brian has double the amount of books on each shelf as Tina. How many books does Brian have on his shelf? Division, multiplication

#Problem #Twenty-Four Kelly has two-dozen cookies. Margy three times as many cookies as Kelly. How many cookies do Mary and Kelly have altogether? Hidden question, multiplication, addition

#Problem #Twenty-Five Lindsay cut 14 sandwiches into fifths. How many sandwich pieces does Lindsay now have? Multiplication