Worksheets Name
Multi-Step Word Problems Rational
Numbers Class
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Date
Instructor name: Virginia James
1. Sophie went to the lake with her family. First, they spent 1 1/4 hours fishing. Then, they spent twice
as much time swimming. How much time did they spend fishing and swimming in all?
Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.
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2. Kelly made fruit punch to serve at a party for her chess team. She mixed 1 2/5 liters of cranberry
juice and 1 3/5 liters of pineapple juice together. Then, she split the fruit punch evenly among 9
glasses. How much fruit punch did Kelly pour into each glass?
Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.
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3. Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He
had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by
weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have?
Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.
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4. David has 3 1/2 cups of blueberries. He uses 1/4 of a cup of blueberries to make a breakfast
smoothie. He uses 1/2 of the remaining blueberries to make blueberry pancakes. How many cups
of blueberries does he use for the pancakes?
Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.
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5. Luther owns a farm where he grows red and green tomatoes. He sells both types of tomatoes for
$1.70 per pound. One customer bought 10.6 pounds of red tomatoes and 8.3 pounds of green
tomatoes. How much money did Luther earn in all from that sale?
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6. Jasmine is having friends over to watch a football game. She has 2 1/2 hours until her guests arrive.
She spends 2/5 of that time cleaning and the rest of the time preparing snacks. How much time
does Jasmine spend preparing snacks?
Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.
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7. What is the decimal equivalent of 4/25?
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8. A fish is swimming 7 feet below the water's surface. A turtle is swimming 2 feet below the water's
surface. What is the difference in feet where the fish and the turtle is?
Don't forget your units!
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9. −2¼−3⅞ = ______
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10.
15 How many inches were cut?
a) A b) B
c) C d) D
11. What operation do we use to turn fractions into decimals?
a) division b) multiplication
c) subtraction d) addition
12. What is 3.458 written as a mixed number?
Simplify the fraction.
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13. Evaluate: 8 + (-25) + 16 - (-25) - 16
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14.
11 How much longer did Lois play than Souzi?
a) D b) A
c) C d) B
15. -½ + -½
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16. Gretchen spends 1/2 an hour grooming Hobo and 1/3 of an hour riding Hobo. How much time
did she spend with Hobo?
________ hours.
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17. Candice and Chris run a relay race at recess. Candice runs 1 ⅓ of a lap around the track. Chris
runs ½ of a lap around the track. How much farther does Candice run than Chris?
________ laps
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18. Tina lives 2 ¼ miles from the library. Sonya lives 3 ½ miles from the library. How much further
does Sonya live than Tina?
_________ miles
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19. [Link] is ordering 18 new rackets for the BHS tennis team. Each racket costs 65.99. Delivery
costs 2.99 for 6 rackets. What is the total cost of the order?
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20. A worksheet had 7 problems on it. If a teacher had 17 worksheets to grade and had already
graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?
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