Shop Multi-Step
About this exercise
Shopping problems that need more than one step.
Example problems
A few of the problems this exercise asks. The printable worksheet holds ten fresh ones.
- Tom bought 2 notebooks at $3 each and a pencil for $7. Tom paid with a $15 bill. How much change did Tom get?
- Max bought 5 notebooks at $3 each and a book for $7. Max paid with a $25 bill. How much change did Max get?
- Sarah bought 5 apples at $3 each and a notebook for $9. Sarah paid with a $30 bill. How much change did Sarah get?
- Max bought 3 sandwiches at $6 each and a book for $10. Max paid with a $30 bill. How much change did Max get?
Try it yourself first — open a section below only if you get stuck.
How to solve it
Work out the cost of each group of items, add them for a total, then subtract from the money paid.
Worked example
Two items at 3 and three at 4 total 18, so from 20 the change is 2.
Common mistake
Skipping a step. Writing the intermediate totals down prevents most of the errors here.