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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 2; Multiplication and division multi-step problems. You can earn a trophy if you get at least 7 questions correct.

1. I have 7 crayons which are each 17cm long. I also have a ruler which is 31cm long. How far would they reach if I arranged them on the floor in a long line?

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cm Correct Wrong
2. The angles inside an irregular hexagon add up to 720°. If three of the angles are 114° and two of them are 131° what is the size of the other angle?

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° Correct Wrong
3. Frank has two boxes of screws. The first box contains 45 screws and the second box contains 171 screws. If he needs four screws for every model he makes, how many models can he make with the screws he has?

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Correct Wrong
4. Using the most efficient method you can think of multiply together the numbers from 5 to 10 then divide the product by seven?

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Correct Wrong
5. Farmer Brown has two fields of sheep. The first field contains 33 sheep and the second field contains 30 sheep. He can only transport the sheep to the shearing station nine at a time. What is the minimum number of journeys he needs to make?

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Correct Wrong
6. A 50p coin weighs 8 grams. What is the value in pounds of two kilograms of 50p coins?

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£ Correct Wrong
7. If four soldiers can stand on one square metre. How many soldiers could stand on a ractanguler parade ground measuting 50 metres long and 20 metres wide?

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8. Six people share the cost of a meal in a restaurant. The total cost of the starters was £25, The total cost of the main courses was £33 and the total cost of the deserts was £50. How much does each person pay?

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£ Correct Wrong
9. Ayden makes Christmas crackers. Each cracker contains a toy, 3 sweets and a party hat. If each toy costs 87p, each sweet costs 8p and each hat costs 25p, how much change will he have from £50 if he makes 28 crackers?

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£ Correct Wrong
10. Six security guards are deciding on the times they should be on duty so that one of them is guarding the bank at every moment of every day of the week. They multiply the number of days in a week by the number hours in a day then divide the result by six. How many hours will each guard have to work so that between them the whole week is covered?

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hours Correct Wrong
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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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