Multi-Step Word Problems - Mixed Operations - Field Trip Fundraiser

Sep 23, 2026

Practice set of multi-step word problems for mixed operations in a field trip fundraising context. Students solve nine scenarios involving groups of buses and capacity, per-student and group costs, chaperone-to-student ratios, lunch pack components, snack spending with unit prices, worksheet distribution by division, line-and-departure subtraction, multi-part step totals, and souvenir t-shirt sales with challenge targets. Includes a full answer key for all questions.

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Name: Multi-Step Word Problems ( Mixed Operations) Directions: Solve each word problem. Show your work. FIELD TRIP FUNDRAISER 1. There are 9 buses taking students to the field trip. Each bus holds 48 students. If 3 buses arrive late and only half of the students on those buses get to enter the museum on time, how many students enter the museum on time? 2. The trip costs $38 per student. If 126 students attend, what is the total cost for the entire group? 3. Each chaperone is assigned to 6 students. If there are 21 chaperones, how many students are being supervised? 4. The school buys 12 family-size lunch packs. Each pack contains 8 sandwiches and 10 juice boxes. How many sandwiches and juice boxes are there altogether? 5. On the way back, 4 buses stop at a rest area for snacks. If each bus has 42 students and each student buys 2 snacks at $1.75 each, how much money is spent in total? Mashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at ](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)[www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com) 1 6. The science teacher prepared 360 printed worksheets to distribute evenly among the students. If each student receives 3 worksheets, how many students are there? 7. A group of students forms 5 lines. Each line has 18 students. If 12 students leave early, how many students are still in line? 8. A teacher tracks the number of steps she takes during the field trip. She walks 3,175 steps in the morning, 2,468 in the afternoon, and 1,987 in the evening. What’sthe total number of steps? 9. Challenge Problem: The school sells souvenir t-shirts for $12 each to raise funds for the trip. If they earn $1,260 in total, how many t-shirts did they sell? If the school wants to earn $1,800 next time, how many shirts must they sell? Mashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at ](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)[www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com) 2 Answer Key 1. • Total students: 9 × 48 = 432 • Late buses: 3 × 48 = 144 • On-time students from late buses: 144 ÷ 2 = 72 • Students on-time from other buses: 6 × 48 = 288 • Total on-time students: 288 + 72 = 360 2. 126 × $38 = $4,788 3. 21 × 6 = 126 students 4. • Sandwiches: 12 × 8 = 96 • Juice boxes: 12 × 10 = 120 • Total: 96 sandwiches and 120 juice boxes 5. • 4 × 42 = 168 students • Each student spends: 2 × $1.75 = $3.50 • Total: 168 × $3.50 = $588.00 6. • 360 ÷ 3 = 120 students 7. • 5 × 18 = 90 • 90 − 12 = 78 students 8. • 3,175 + 2,468 + 1,987 = 7,630 steps 9. Challenge Problem: • $1,260 ÷ $12 = 105 t-shirts sold • $1,800 ÷ $12 = 150 t-shirts needed Mashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at ](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)[www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com) 3

FAQs

How do you find the number of on-time students when some buses arrive late?

Compute students on all buses, then halve the students from the late buses and add the on-time students from the remaining buses.

How is the total cost for lunch packs and the total snacks spending determined?

Multiply the number of packs by sandwiches per pack and juice boxes per pack; for snacks, multiply buses by students per bus, then multiply by snacks per student and the price per snack.

How do you solve the challenge problem about t-shirts sold and shirts needed next time?

Divide the total earnings by the price per shirt to get shirts sold, then divide the new target earnings by the price per shirt to find how many shirts are needed.

Sep 23, 2026

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