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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Jacob was selling his old games. He started out with sixty-eight but sold four of them. He packed the rest up putting eight games into each box. How many boxes did he have to use?

• 9 boxes
• 10 boxes
• 7 boxes
• 8 boxes

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A pet store had ninety-five puppies. In one day they sold forty-six of them and put the rest into cages with seven in each cage. How many cages did they use?

• 5 cages
• 6 cages
• 7 cages
• 8 cages

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Ben had 4 boxes filled with toy cars. The boxes had 3 rows with 5 cars in each row. Which of the following number sentences could be used to find the number of toy cars he had?

• 4 x __ = 3 x 5
• 4 + 3 + 5 = __
• 4 + __ = 3 + 5
• 4 x 3 x 5 = ___

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3