Two Step Word Problems

For Halloween Brandi received seventeen pieces of candy. She ate two pieces then placed the rest into piles with three in each pile. How many piles could she make?

• 5 piles
• 6 piles
• 7 piles
• 8 piles

Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?

• 9 bouquets
• 5 bouquets
• 2 bouquets
• 3 bouquets

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Tyler is at the library helping put away books. There are fifty book to put away total but Mrs. Grant takes twenty-six of them and leaves Tyler with the rest. If he can fit six books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?

• 2 shelves
• 3 shelves
• 4 shelves
• 5 shelves

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There are fifty-eight students trying out for the school's basketball teams. If twenty-eight of them didn't get picked for the team and the rest were put into five groups, how many students would be in each group?

• 6 students
• 7 students
• 8 students
• 9 students

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A store had thirty-eight coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and getting rid of twenty-eight of them. They put the ones they still had onto shelves with two on each shelf. How many shelves did they use?

• 5 shelves
• 6 shelves
• 7 shelves
• 8 shelves

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Johnny has 8 bags with 2 pieces of candy in each and Julius has 12 pieces of candy. How many more pieces does Johnny have than Julius?

• 2
• 4
• 10
• 12

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CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Jana played a game with a deck of cards. she placed the cards on the floor in 3 rows of 10. If the deck has 52 cards, how many cards did Jana leave out? 

• 52
• 12
• 30
• 22

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CCSS.1.NBT.A.1

I have 6 coins. Half of the coins are nickels. The rest are pennies. How much money do I have?

• 18
• 9
• 30
• 6

Sara is making goodie bags for her birthday. She bought 5 packs of stickers. Each pack has 8 stickers. If she puts 10 stickers in each good bag, how many goodie bags did Sara make?

• 40
• 4
• 10
• 7

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Sue's kitchen has 7 rows of tiles. Each row contains 9 tiles. How many tiles are in her kitchen?

• 62
• 63
• 61
• 56