Lesson 1: Solve two-step word problems, including multiplicative comparison. — Practice Questions

1. 1. A bakery sold 175 cupcakes on Saturday. On Sunday, it sold 4 times as many cupcakes. How many cupcakes did the bakery sell on Sunday? ___

2. 2. A tape diagram shows one bar for 'Fiction Books: 90' and a second, longer bar for 'Non-fiction Books' that is 3 times as long. A bracket asks for the total. Which question matches this diagram?

   • A. How many non-fiction books are there?
   • B. How many more non-fiction books are there than fiction books?
   • C. How many fiction and non-fiction books are there in total?
   • D. If 3 people read the fiction books, how many did each read?

3. 3. An orchard has 1,150 apple trees. It has 3 times as many pear trees. How many more pear trees than apple trees are in the orchard? ___

4. 4. A video game has 32 levels. A new version is released with 5 times as many levels. Which equation finds 'L', the number of levels in the new version?

   • A. L = 32 + 5
   • B. $L = 5 \times 32$
   • C. $L = (5 \times 32) + 32$
   • D. L = 32 \div 5

5. 5. A farm harvested 240 pounds of potatoes. It also harvested 5 times as many pounds of corn. What is the total weight in pounds of potatoes and corn harvested? ___

6. 6. A tape diagram shows a bar for 'Bike path: 18 miles' and another bar 4 times as long for 'Hiking trail'. The unknown is the difference in length. What question matches the diagram?

   • A. What is the length of the hiking trail?
   • B. How much longer is the hiking trail than the bike path?
   • C. What is the combined length of the path and trail?
   • D. How many bike paths could fit into one hiking trail?

7. 7. Elena saved 85 dollars last month. Her brother, Marco, saved 3 times as much money. How much money did Marco save? ___

8. 8. A store has 1,350 cans of soup. It has 4 times as many boxes of pasta. Which equation finds 'D', how many more boxes of pasta than cans of soup the store has?

   • A. $D = 4 \times 1,350$
   • B. D = 1,350 + 4
   • C. $D = (4 \times 1,350) + 1,350$
   • D. $D = (4 \times 1,350) - 1,350$

9. 9. Leo read 65 pages of a book on Friday. On Saturday, he read 4 times as many pages as on Friday. On Sunday, he read 25 more pages than on Saturday. How many pages did he read on Sunday?

   • A. 260
   • B. 90
   • C. 285
   • D. 235